Hyderabad, July 22 -- Three interstate ganja peddlars, including a rowdy sheeter, were arrested 22.22 kg of dry ganja worth around Rs 12 lakh near Sadat Nagar bus stop in Shaheen Nagar, Hyderabad on Monday.

The Charminar Zone Commissioner's Task Force and Balapur police arrested Mirza Jaffer Baig alias Saddam (35), an auto driver and rowdy sheeter from Shaheen Nagar, Awad Bin Ali Yafai alias Awad (22), painter from Barkas, and Sardar Manpreet Singh Dhillon alias Dhillon (22), a welder from Kishanbagh.

They procurred dry ganja from Berhampur district in Odisha to sell in Hyderabad, said police. The accused allegedly purchased the contraband for Rs 5,000 per kg from supplier Janni alias Sunny from Odisha.

Saddam, Baig and Awad travelled ...