Two Odisha men held, 39 kg of ganja seized in Chittoor

Key points

• Chittoor district police on Wednesday arrested two inter-State operatives reportedly involved in ganja trafficking and seized 39.6 kg of the contraband, an SUV, mobile phones, and fake registration number plates.
• The accused were identified as Dikshit Sukrit (22) of Malkangiri district and Muralidhar Buradi (33) of Koraput district in Odisha.
• Acting on reliable information, a police team conducted vehicle checks near Varigapalli Junction in Yadamari mandal on the outskirts of Chittoor and intercepted an SUV on its way to Bengaluru.
• During inspection, the police teams seized ganja stocks concealed in specially fabricated secret compartments inside the vehicle.
• The contraband had allegedly been purchased in Odisha and was being transported through Andhra Pradesh for delivery in Karnataka, the police said.