BPCL lorry driver held with 1.5 kilos of hashish oil worth ₹18 lakh in Cherlapally

A 38-year-old lorry driver was arrested for transporting 1.5 kilos of hashish oil worth approximately ₹18 lakh near Cherlapally Railway Station on Thursday. The Special Operations Team (SOT), Uppal Zone, along with Cherlapally police, apprehended him while he was waiting to hand over the consignment to a recipient.

The accused has been identified as Nagulapalli Suresh Kumar, a resident of Thummapala village in Anakapalli, Visakhapatnam, who works as a lorry driver at BPCL in Visakhapatnam. Police also seized a mobile phone and the backpack in which the contraband was carried. His alleged supplier, Subba Rao of Chintapalli in Visakhapatnam, is absconding.

According to the police, Suresh Kumar was introduced to Subba Rao around two months ago, who allegedly offered him attractive commissions to transport hashish oil. On November 10, Subba Rao handed over around 1.5 kg of the substance to him in a black backpack at Chintapalli.

Subba Rao had promised to pay him ₹1 lakh as commission and ₹1,500 towards travel expenses for transporting the consignment to Hyderabad and handing it over to a person arranged by him, police said.

Suresh Kumar travelled to Hyderabad on Wednesday (November 11) through different routes and reached the north-side parking area near Platform No. 1 of Cherlapally Railway Station. He was waiting for the intended recipient to contact him when police apprehended him at around 10.40 a.m. on Thursday (November 12).

Police are trying to trace Subba Rao and establish the source of the contraband, besides identifying others involved in its procurement, transportation and distribution.