Overview

• On July 26, EAGLE seized 935.611 kg of cannabis valued at around ₹5 crore, marking the largest ganja haul in Telangana this year.
• The contraband was hidden in 35 high-density polyethylene bags beneath plastic fruit trays inside a Tata Eicher truck escorted by a Toyota Innova near Batasingaram Fruit Market Junction.
• Authorities arrested financier Pawar Kumar Badu, driver Samadhan Kantilal Bhise and logistics aide Vinayak Baba Saheb Pawar, while supplier Vicky Seth and handler Sachin Gangaram Chouhan remain at large.
• Investigators uncovered a credit-financing model that funded suppliers and buyers through secret accounts to coordinate transportation, distribution and concealment.
• The operation underscores EAGLE’s effectiveness after it replaced the erstwhile Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau, and authorities have registered charges under the NDPS Act while pursuing the remaining suspects.