Jangaon, Oct.4 : The Jangaon police arrested five persons and seized 245 grams of cannabis (ganja), two Pulsar motorcycles, and four mobile phones during a routine vehicle checking operation at Bathukamma Kunta Cross on Suryapet Road. The arrests were made on Saturday evening by a police team led by Sub-Inspector M. Bharat, acting on the directives of the Jangaon Station House Officer (SHO).
According to police, the team—comprising SI Bharat and police personnel Karunakar, Krishna, Srikanth, Shivaprasad, Ramesh, Sagar, Rajesh, and Srinu—noticed five individuals traveling on two motorcycles attempting to flee upon spotting the check-post. Police chased and apprehended the suspects. During questioning, the individuals admitted to possessing narcotic substances, following which officers recovered the contraband along with their vehicles and phones.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Ittaboina Uday Kumar, a native of Kundaram currently residing in Hyderabad; Pothuganti Sudheer of Peddamadoor; Panjala Shivakumar of Hyderabad; Nandanaboina Sandeep of Kundaram; and Tandra Abhishek of Shameerpet. Jangaon Inspector of Police (CI) Satyanarayana Reddy registered a case against the five accused under relevant provisions, and they were subsequently produced before the magistrate and remanded to judicial custody.
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