Police destroy ganja cultivation, six held in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh

The police have destroyed illegal ganja plantations in Duttalur village of Nellore district and arrested six people in connection with the case.

Acting on a tip-off, the Kavali sub-division police and the Armed Reserve (AR) party police conducted a raid and destroyed the ganja plants being raised in maize fields.

Under ‘Operation Trishul’, a team of police destroyed 1,731 plantations in 9.5 acres, in the presence of Duttalur Tahsildar, Nagaraju, said Nellore district Superintendent of Police (SP) Ajitha Vajendla.

The main accused, U. Subba Reddy, is facing 11 cases and was allegedly involved in ganja peddling in Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru.

Cases have been registered and a manhunt has been launched to trace the other people involved in the case, the SP said in a release.

In another operation, the Counter Intelligence and EAGLE teams seized 385 kg of dry ganja worth around ₹1.9 crore from a four-wheeler at Turluvada Toll Plaza in Visakhapatnam district. The ganja was being transported from the Machkund Agency area in Odisha to Shirdi in Maharashtra.

MDMA seized in Kurnool

In another operation, the police arrested Nalluri Varun Teja from Amakathadu village in Kurnool district on drug trafficking charges and seized 20 grams of MDMA worth ₹2 lakh and a car from his possession.