HYDERABAD: Three inter-state drug smugglers were arrested and 265kg ganja seized from a truck parked near Hi-Tec City railway station on Monday. The accused were taking the contraband from Odisha to Uttar Pradesh via Hyderabad. The ganja was concealed in a secret compartment in driver’s cabin.
Madhapur police said they received a tip on a truck on January 23 night and they arrested peddler Md Iqbal (35) and truck drivers Sharukh (30) and Mohammed Salim (29), all from UP. “The accused had heard about police checking vehicles at ORR exit points. They entered the city in the night and parked the truck near Hi-Tec City railway station on January 22,” Madhapur DCP K Shilpavalli said. The accused confessed that they got the contraband from Babbulal alias Babla, a native of Darliput village in Koraput.
Iqbal told police he had got confirmation from Babbulal about availability of ganja a few days ago and he called Sharukh and Salim, who were in Nagpur with a load of vegetables, to transport it.
Iqbal met the duo in Hyderabad and they went to Darliput on January 21.
