Hyderabad, June 21 -- Four individuals, native to Maharashtra, were apprehended in Hayathnagar on Friday, June 20, and 166 kg of ganja worth Rs 50 lakh was seized from them.

The accused, identified as Vikas Baban Salve, 30, Ranganath Yurajn Sadve, 36, Sagar Gajanan Khandebharad 29, and Amol Narayan Borde, 26, were caught by the Special Operation Team, LB Nagar Zone,and Hayathnagar police during a vehicle check at Dhananjaya Function Hall in Hayath Nagar following a tip-off.

The main accused Vikas, had gotten acquainted with Maik alias Rahul, a resident of Odisha, who served as their source for procuring ganja. Vikas was struggling with money and noticed that most of the labourers in Maharashtra were addicted to ganja. Therefore he devis...