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21 kgs Ganja seized, four inter-state peddlers arrested in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Sept 12 (UNI) Habeeb Nagar Police on Saturday seized 21 kg of dry ganja and arrested four persons, including two alleged suppliers from Maharashtra, in connection with an inter-State narcotics supply network.
Acting on credible information that ganja suppliers were arriving at Mangerbasti to sell the contraband, a police team conducted a raid in the area and apprehended the four accused before they could distribute the ganja to local peddlers, Police said in a release here.
The arrested persons were identified as Sandeep Nandha Kishore Bhongade (38), a kirana shop owner from Maharashtra, and Rahul Rajesh Patil (24), an X-ray technician from Maharashtra, besides Kamble Umesh (29), a band worker, and Kamble Suraj (24), a Swiggy delivery executive, both residents of Mangerbasti, Afzalsagar, Mallepally, Hyderabad.
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