Kothagudem police invoked the Preventive Detention Act against ganja smuggler D Sivashankar Reddy, involved in multiple cases and continued smuggling after release. SP Rohith Raju highlighted youth drug addiction and the district’s ‘Chaitanyam’ awareness programme to curb the ganja menace

Kothagudem: Julurpad police in the district invoked the Preventive Detention (PD) Act against a ganja smuggler involved in several cases.

Acting on the directions of SP B Rohith Raju and Kothagudem DSP Shaik Abdul Rahaman, Julurpad CI D Sree Lakshmi submitted documents to higher authorities for invoking the PD Act against the accused, D Sivashankar Reddy of Tallagommuru in Burgampad mandal.

Cases were registered against the accused at Burgampad, Julurpad, and Balanagar in Hyderabad for smuggling gan

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