Five more arrested in ganja smuggling case through e-commerce platform – Times of India
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Visakhapatnam: Five persons, including a father-son duo, were arrested in Vizag in connection with cannabis trade on an e-commerce platform. The accused used to send the contraband to Madhya Pradesh from the city. The arrested have been identified as Ch Srinivasa Rao, J Kumaraswamy, B Krishnam Raju, Ch Venkateswara Rao and Srinivasa Rao’s son Ch Mohan Raju alias Rakhi, all Vizagites. It may be recalled that an online cannabis racket was busted by Bhind police in Madhya Pradesh, leading to the …….
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Visakhapatnam: Five persons, including a father-son duo, were arrested in Vizag in connection with cannabis trade on an e-commerce platform. The accused used to send the contraband to Madhya Pradesh from the city.
The arrested have been identified as Ch Srinivasa Rao, J Kumaraswamy, B Krishnam Raju, Ch Venkateswara Rao and Srinivasa Rao’s son Ch Mohan Raju alias Rakhi, all Vizagites.
It may be recalled that an online cannabis racket was busted by Bhind police in Madhya Pradesh, leading to the arrest of three youngsters and the seizure of over 20 kilos of dry ganja.
Joint director of Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB), Vizag, S Satish Kumar said based on credible information, they arrested Srinivasa Rao and seized 48 kg of dry ganja stored in a rented house at Kancharapalem in the city on November 21.
Apart from ganja, packing materials such as covers, cardboard boxes, tapes and an electronic weighing machine were also found in the house, Satish said.
Investigation revealed that Srinivasa Rao got acquainted with Suraj Pawaiya and Mukul Jaiswal from Madhya Pradesh, who were registered as vendors on an e-commerce site. Srinivasa Rao became a contact person for Pawaiya and Jaiswal to smuggle dry ganja from Vizag city to Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan under the guise of ‘supernatural’ stevia dry leaves.
Pawaiya and Jaiswal created a firm ‘Babu Tex’ and registered themselves with the e-commerce site as vendors, using the GST numbers of other firms, and supplied cannabis to Madhya Pradesh from Vizag city.
“We have also arrested two associates — Kumaraswamy and Krishnam Raju — and one van driver Venkateswara Rao. He aided the accused Srinivasa Rao at Kancharapalem. Our investigation also revealed that Srinivasa Rao’s son Mohan Raju was involved in the illegal trade, so he was also arrested,” Satish Kumar said, adding, “We suspect Pawaiya and Jaiswal transported over 600 to 700 kg of dry ganja from Vizag to Madhya Pradesh through the e-commerce site over the past eight months.”