According to investigators, the reason for the Andhra-Odisha border becoming a ganja producing hub is mainly due to the terrain and Maoist problem in the region.
HYDERABAD: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) sleuths said that ganja from Andhra Pradesh is being supplied to peddlers across the country, apart from also being smuggled to Sri Lanka.
In the third week of January, NCB sleuths arrested four peddlers at Ghatkesar while they were trying to peddle 212kg ganja sourced from agency areas in Andhra Pradesh and erstwhile Warangal district to Pune and Mumbai.
During the interrogation of the kingpin Ganesh Gavane, who was also wanted in 955kg ganja seizure case of August 2020 the NCB team found out that the ganja from agency areas in Andhra Pradesh is being supplied to peddlers in India and Sri Lanka.