Visakhapatnam: Officials of prohibition and excise department on Monday seized over 440 kgs of dry ganja worth Rs 60 lakh near Government Degree College at Narsipatnam. The ganja smugglers, however, managed to flee from the spot.

As per reports, based on reliable intelligence, officials carried out vehicular checks near the college. Noticing the enforcement officials checking the vehicles, a group of ganja smugglers abandoned their car and fled from the spot. Officials seized the substance from the abandoned car.

Sources said that the smugglers may have procured the cannabis from parts of Chintapalle and was transporting it to East Godavari from where it would have been sent to other cities, such as Hyderabad.

