Police said that to make quick money, they procured ganja from Visakhapatnam district at Rs 5,000 per kg and planning to sell it for up to Rs 20,000 per kg in the city. Representational Image/DC
Vijayawada: NTR district police commissioner Kanti Rana Tata on Sunday set afire a heap of ganja worth ₹5 crore on the Donabanda mine road near Paritala village under Kanchikacherla police station limits.
Police had seized the narcotic in raids conducted in various parts of the district within the police station limits of Nandigama, Reddigudem, G. Kondur, Mylavaram, Chilakallu, Vatsavai, Penuganchiprolu, Jaggayapet, Chanderlapadu, Kanchikacherla, Veerulapadu, One Town, Kothapeta, Satyanarayanapuram, Ajit Singh Nagar, Nunna, Governorpeta and Suryaraopeta.
Kanti Rana said the ganja set on fire weighed 14,301.471 kg and had been seized under Operation Parivarthan launched to protect youth from the narcotic.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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