Two held with 60 kg of marijuana in car near Ghatkesar

On November 7, two men were arrested in Ghatkesar mandal for allegedly transporting 60 kg of marijuana from Odisha to Mumbai via Hyderabad. The Special Operations Team of LB Nagar Zone and Pocharam IT Corridor police intercepted a Maruti Suzuki SX4 near Masala Company and seized the contraband, valued at approximately ₹30 lakh. The arrested individuals were identified as Mohammed Amer, 28, and Mohd Imran Uddin, 35.

They had procured the marijuana from Purnachandra Mohapatra in Odisha and were transporting it to Yasmeen Chand Sayyed in Mumbai. Both the supplier and the intended receiver remain at large. Amer had been involved in five NDPS cases previously, and Imran Uddin had been detained twice under the Preventive Detention Act in connection with NDPS cases. Police are investigating the trafficking network to identify additional suspects.