India, Nov. 2 -- A habitual inter-State ganja peddler, allegedly involved in five drug-peddling cases across three States, has been detained under the Preventive Detention (PD) Act by Cyberabad Police Commissioner Dr M Ramesh to prevent him from continuing his illegal activities.

According to the police, Sachin Gangaram Maruti Chavan, a native of Solapur district in Maharashtra, was involved in five drug-peddling cases between 2020 and 2026. Of these, three cases were registered in Telangana and one each in Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Police said Chavan procured large quantities of ganja from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, transported them to various locations and supplied the contraband to his associates and consumers at exorbitant prices f...