Hyderabad, June 14 -- Special teams of the Prohibition and Excise Department carried out a series of raids across Hyderabad and adjoining areas, seizing ganja and illegally held defence liquor and arresting five persons.

Acting on a tip-off about ganja sales in Ambedkar Nagar, Jawahar Nagar and parts of Medchal-Malkajgiri district, the Excise Police swooped in and seized 1.345 kg of the contraband along with a two-wheeler.

Three persons - Shaik Salman, 25, Chemangula Raghu, 24, and Maripelli Mahesh, 23 - were arrested and handed over to the Malkajgiri Excise Station for further investigation.

In a separate operation, officials seized 710 gram of ganja near Ashish College on Saket Road in the ECIL-Kapra area and arrested two persons, Sa...