Hyderabad, Six persons, among them an IT employee and two 17-year-old boys, were apprehended here on Monday for allegedly transporting hashish oil, with 12 kg of the contraband worth ₹ 1.5 crore seized from them, police said.
Further investigation revealed that the prime accused, G Srinu, a native of Gemmeli village in Alluri Sitharama Raju district, was allegedly involved in ganja and hashish oil trafficking and had previously been arrested in NDPS cases in Andhra Pradesh. Srinu and his wife, an IT employee, allegedly organised the transportation of hashish oil and recruited unemployed tribal youth from neighbouring villages by offering them money to transport the contraband from Andhra Pradesh to Bengaluru via Hyderabad. Accordingly, Srinu, his wife and four associates allegedly collected the contraband from Krishna and travelled by private transport from Alluri Sitharama Raju district towards Bengaluru via Hyderabad. The investigation is in progress. Krishna and Sijo are absconding, and efforts are underway to trace them.
During a search, police found that four of the accused, among them two children in conflict with the law, had concealed the hashish oil in 1-kg packets and tied them around their legs and stomachs with adhesive tape, she said.
Acting on credible information that six persons were transporting hashish oil from Alluri Sitharama Raju district in Andhra Pradesh to Bengaluru via Hyderabad, police teams conducted a search near Vanasthalipuram and apprehended them, Malkajgiri Police Commissioner B Sumathi said in a release. Police are trying to identify and apprehend others allegedly involved in the hashish oil supply chain, the commissioner said.
