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Amazon pickup boy & Co arrested with 2 kgs of Ganja

Amazon pickup boy and Odisha native caught with 2 kilograms of Ganja in Medchal PS limits

MEDCHAL: In a joint operation on Thursday, the Medchal team and Medchal police held two individuals with two kilograms of ganja in their possession. The suspects, identified as Kaibarta Giridhari from Nuapada district in Odisha and Nalla Rohit Kumar, an Amazon Pickup boy from Lalbazar, were caught during a raid on the outskirts of Rekulabavi Chowrastha in Medchal PS limits.

According to the police, Giridhari had purchased the ganja for Rs.2,500/- per kilogram from unknown sources in Odisha. Later, he had agreed to sell the ganja to Rohit for Rs.10,000/- per kilogram and had received an advance of Rs.10,000/- through PhonePe.

However, during the police raid, the suspects were caught exchanging the ganja near wells in the outskirts of Medchal area. The police seized two kilograms of ganja, a weighing machine, a cell phone, and small plastic covers from them.

Kaibarta Giridhari was previously arrested in a similar case under sections 20 (2) COTPA, 8c R/w 20 (b) (ii) (B) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act(NDPSA), 1985 in Tirumalagiri PS, Hyderabad. 

Both Kaibarta Giridhari and Nalla Rohit Kumar are currently under investigation by the Medchal police.