In a tough joint raid, Hanuman Junction police and the Elite Anti-Narcotics Group for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) caught 171 kgs of ganja hidden in a van. The van was stopped under Athkur police station limits. The accused are Hanumanthu Durga Prasad from Visakhapatnam district and Syed Mubarak alias Basheer from Kolar district, Karnataka. "They were smuggling the contraband from Anakapalli to Karnataka," said Superintendent of Police V. Vidyasagar Naidu. The operation was led by Gannavaram Deputy Superintendent of Police Ch. Srinivas, Hanuman Junction CI L. Ramesh, and EAGLE Inspector M. Ravi Chandra with their teams. The ganja was packed in bags and the police seized the vehicle too. SP Naidu said, "Efforts are on to trace the ganja supplier in Anakapalli district and other accused." The arrest and seizure took place on Saturday night.