Rachakonda Police Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu with the seized contraband in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
A man transporting ganja from Odisha to Rajasthan was arrested by the Maheshwaram Special Operations Team (SOT) of Rachakonda on Tuesday.
The officials seized 1,210 kilograms of ganja worth ₹6.25 crore from him.
The accused, identified as Vikram Vishnoi alias Vikas, 22, a driver from Osian Tehsil, Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, was intercepted while transporting the contraband in a truck on National Highway 65 at Kothaguda X Road, Abdullapurmet, on Tuesday morning.
Police said Vishnoi was working with known ganja smugglers from his native place, identified as Devilal alias Katu, Aayub Khan and Ramlal, all residents of Osian Tehsil in Jodhpur. The three men employed him as a driver and promised ₹5 lakh per trip to transport ganja from Malkangiri to Rajasthan.
Vishnoi first transported an iron load from Jaipur to Nanded in Maharashtra, then came to Hyderabad and later moved to Khammam, where he collected cement bags to conceal the contraband. He left space in the truck’s front portion, and went to Malkangiri, where he procured 1,210 kilograms of ganja from unidentified suppliers. He hid the packets under the cement bags and covered the load with a tarpaulin before starting for Rajasthan via Hyderabad.
A case was booked by the Abdullapurmet police under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The accused is in custody and further investigation is under way to identify others involved – in order to track the supply chain.
Published – September 30, 2025 08:12 PM is
