Kakinada, Sep 3 (Agency) The East Godavari agency police, in a major breakthrough in its unique operation against ‘Liquefied Ganja’ , have achieved success in unearthing the Liquefied ganja brewing unit, located in a hut in interior forest area in Rampur village near Duppulavada and arrested five member gang. The brewing unit stated to be first of its kind, set up securing the technology from Youtube, though appearing very simple but considered very vital by the smugglers as it is the only production center in the east coast, serving the numerous clientele through the marketing network spread over to two Telugu states.
The special team was constituted in view of the seizure of two kgs of liquefied ganja, for the first time in the region, from tourists of Hyderabad at Chintur in the East Godavari agency on August 25. Since the seizure has created sensation, the East Godavari SP V. Ravindranath babu was keen on probing the origin of such a product and in consultation with his counterparts in neighbouring Visakhapatnam rural, had initiated the special search operation. The Chintur sub divisional police headed by ASP Sri Krishna Kant, Circle Inspector Yuvakumar enlisting the cooperation of Visakhapatnam rural police were able to locate the brewing unit in a hut in Rampur. On seeing the police those engaged in brewing the liquefied ganja tried to give a slip but rounded up without much resistance. Interestingly, among the five accused arrested , three are from Kerala state while two are from Visakhapatnam district.