Hyderabad, July 1 -- The Telangana Excise State Task Force (STF) seized 102 kg of ganja valued at around Rs. 10 lakh and arrested a drug courier during an operation near Pedda Amberpet on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) on Tuesday, June 30.

The accused, identified as Rajesh Sirsat, aged 27, was transporting the contraband from the Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) region to Pune in a car when he was intercepted by the STF teams acting on specific intelligence.

According to the officials, the accused had allegedly changed the vehicle's registration number plates to match the state. In an attempt to evade police surveillance, he used the tampered plates, travelling through Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana before heading towards Maharashtra.

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