Hyderabad, Feb. 27 -- Three persons, including an interstate drug peddler, were arrested for drug peddling in Hyderabad's Madhura Nagar. Around 41.1 kg of ganja and cash worth Rs 18 lakh were seized from them.

The three accused have been identified as Bala Hantal, hailing from Odisha and an interstate drug supplier, Srinivasulu residing in Kukatpally and a delivery boy named Abhishek.

Srinivasulu and Abhishek are natives of Andhra Pradesh.

According to police, Bala cultivated ganja in Odisha and supplied to peddlers in neighboring states. At times, he purchased ganja from another person named Kalyan Roy, also a native of Odisha.

The second accused, Srinivasulu, worked in the IT sector and was addicted to online gaming. After losing al...