Foreign cigarettes worth Rs. 6 lakh seized, two held.
Hyderabad: The sleuths of Central Zone Task Force along with the Gopalapuram police on Friday arrested two suspects and seized 12 boxes of foreign cigarettes, three cell mobile phones, and cash Rs. 700 all worth Rs. 6 lakh from their possession.
The accused has identified as G Venkatesh (40) resident of Malkajgiri and E Praveen (25) resides in Chilkaguda, tip off, the police nabbed them at parking area of the Secunderabad Railways Station when they were trying to transport the land in a train.
The arrested people along with the seized material were handed over to Gopalapuram police for further investigation.
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