Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Police Arrest Five in Ganja Case, Couple in Ongole Theft
Police reported two separate cases in Andhra Pradesh.
In Kadapa, five people were arrested on suspicion of selling ganja.
Officers said they found 2.1 kilograms of ganja, cash, and a weighing machine.
Police are trying to find where the ganja came from.
In Ongole, a couple was arrested for allegedly stealing jewellery from a woman’s house.
Police said the couple distracted the woman with an offer of temple prasadam and tea.
The recovered jewellery was valued at ₹26.5 lakh.
Investigations into both cases are continuing.
Kadapa police arrested five people allegedly selling ganja on the Badvel bypass road and seized 2.1 kilograms of the drug.
Police also seized ₹6,000 and an electronic weighing machine allegedly used in the ganja transactions.
The five accused are from Kadapa, Nellore and Prakasam districts, and police are investigating the supply network.
Prakasam district police arrested a couple accused of stealing gold and silver ornaments worth ₹26.5 lakh from a woman’s home in Ongole.
Police recovered about 175 grams of gold and 850 grams of silver after tracing the couple using technical evidence and CCTV footage.
- Who
- Five people in the Kadapa case, and Bandaru Venkata Narayana Vara Prasad and Upputholla Mahalakshmi in the Ongole theft case.
- What
- Police made arrests in an alleged ganja-sale case and an alleged jewellery-theft case.
- When
- The Ongole couple allegedly fled the day after the theft and returned to Ongole on Tuesday; the articles do not specify the date of the Kadapa arrests.
- Where
- The first case occurred on the Badvel bypass road in Kadapa district; the second involved a house in Devudu Cheruvu, Ongole, with the couple intercepted near Koppolu flyover.
- Why
- Police said the Kadapa suspects were allegedly selling ganja, while the Ongole couple allegedly stole jewellery after luring the victim downstairs.
- Kadapa seizure
- 2.1 kilograms of ganja
- Kadapa arrests
- Five people
- Cash seized
- ₹6,000
- Ongole recovery
- About 175 grams of gold and 850 grams of silver
- Recovered property value
- ₹26.5 lakh
- Ongole accused
- Bandaru Venkata Narayana Vara Prasad, 27, and Upputholla Mahalakshmi, 23
- Investigation methods
- Technical evidence and CCTV footage were used to trace the Ongole couple