Recent crackdowns in erstwhile Medak district revealed a widespread ganja network, from wholesalers to retailers targeting students and industrial workers, despite police efforts.
Recent crackdowns on smuggling, distribution and sale of ganja (cannabis) in the district has revealed a vast network, which has taken the police by surprise with the network found to be so widespread that the ganja peddlers had supply systems in place in every mandal of the erstwhile district.
According to the police, the peddlers, who were focusing on students and industrial workers, had developed a network to reach customers in every nook and cranny of the district. The ganja was mostly being brought from the Odisha-Andhra border to Medak district via Khammam, Nalgonda and the Outer Ring Road in huge quantities. It was then sold to wholesalers, who were the main sources for selling the ganja in certain locations. The wholesalers were selling the ganja in batches of a few kilograms to retailers who would be the go-to destination for cannabis in colonies and villages.