Hyderabad, June 20 -- The Hyderabad Prohibition and Excise Enforcement officials seized 17.42 kilograms of ganja worth approximately Rs 18 lakh and arrested a drug courier near Secunderabad on Friday, June 19.

Contraband from Odisha

According to officials, the contraband was being transported from Berhampur district in Odisha to Nanded in Maharashtra. Acting on specific information, Hyderabad Excise Enforcement CI Chandrasekhar Goud and SI Kotamma, along with their team, laid a trap near Maredpally Railway Station and apprehended the accused.

The arrested person was identified as Rahul Sethi, 27 years old. Investigators said he had brought the ganja by train from Berhampur and got down at Secunderabad Railway Station. He was waiting ne...