Rachakonda police recover 294 kg ganja
The Hindu
Ramannapet police of Rachakonda commissionerate, along with special operation team from Bhongir, arrested four drug peddlers and recovered 294 kg of ganja from them.The contraband material, in 147 tw
Ramannapet police of Rachakonda commissionerate, along with special operation team from Bhongir, arrested four drug peddlers and recovered 294 kg of ganja from them.
The contraband material, in 147 two-kg packs, was being brought from Rampachodavaram of Andhra Pradesh, for distribution and sale in Hyderabad.
Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat, explaining the arrest and recovery to media persons on Monday, said the four accused were family members and friends. They hailed from Nalgonda and Nagarkurnool districts. V. Tirupathi, an airport cab driver, took to ganja peddling after loss in business due to COVID-19 lockdowns. He was in 2020 involved in an Excise violation in Kalwakurthy.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.