Hyderabad, Jan. 14 -- Acting on reliable intelligence, officers of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Hyderabad Zone, arrested three people - all residents of Bidar district - and 813 kilograms of ganja in the early hours of Tuesday, January 13, in a coordinated operation.

During the operation, two NCB teams were deployed to intercept a specially modified lorry suspected of transporting narcotic drugs from Malkangiri district, Odisha, to Latur in Maharashtra. The vehicle was intercepted at the outskirts of Hyderabad.

Upon detailed search conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the lorry was found to have an expired registration certificate (RC) and was specially modified...