Kakinada: East Godavari Police arrested a Truck driver Abdul Kalim Ande Nazir Sheikh (51), a resident of Maharashtra’s Amravati district. and seized over 500 kg of Marijuana with a value of Rs. 12 Lakh on Wednesday near Krishnavaram toll plaza on NH 16. East Godavari SP M Ravindranath Babu said that the Marijuana was caught in a truck while searching vehicles at Krishnavaram toll plaza on NH 16, on tipoff information.

He also said that it was ferried to Maharashtra in a truck, the drug, amounting to 620 kg and packed in 21 sacks, was found on a truck with Maharashtra number plates. “To conceal the marijuana, a tarpaulin sheet was used to cover the rear part of the truck and an attempt was made to show that the truck was empty,” said a police official.

Two more accused involved in this case, one from Maharashtra and another from Andhra’s Darakonda, are on the run. Sheikh sourced the marijuana from Darakonda village in Visakha agency area and was attempting to take it to Maharashtra.