The Drug Task Force (DTF) of Medchal district raided a house in Thumkunta village and arrested a migrant, seizing 85 packs of ganja-laced chocolates worth Rs 34,000.
Hyderabad: The Drug Task Force (DTF) of Medchal district raided a house in Thumkunta village and arrested a migrant, seizing 85 packs of ganja-laced chocolates worth Rs 34,000.
The accused, C. Upender Mandal (35), a native of Darbhanga, Bihar, confessed to having relocated to the city and opened a pan broker shop at his house a few months ago, according to excise officials.
"We, along with our head constables Sattar, Venkateshwar Rao, and constables Sanjay and Munaf, had been keeping Upender Mandal under surveillance for the past four months. When we learned he had arrived from Bihar with a baggage on Tuesday, our special team raided his house and found him selling ganja chocolates along with pan masala," said DTF SI Pawan Kumar Reddy.
During the raid, 85 packets of ganja-laced chocolates were found at Upender's rented house. The accused admitted to procuring the contraband from Bihar and selling it to customers at a high price.
He further disclosed that he purchased each packet, containing 40 chocolates, in Bihar for Rs 25 and sold each chocolate for Rs 10.
The accused, along with the seized property, was handed over to the Medchal Excise Police for further investigation and was later produced in court for judicial remand.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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