Hyderabad: Hayathnagar police arrested a man who was carrying ganja and seized around 880 grams of the narcotic at Kuntloor cross roads. The arrested man was identified as Katta Yadaiah, 45, a cook, from the Ongur mandal of Nagarkurnool district. The arrest was made during a vehicle check. “While checking he was caught with the narcotic,” police said.

Police registered a case under the NDPS Act, 1985. Yadaiah was working as a cook and toddy tapper. He came in contact with one Pusala Krishna, a supplier of Ayurvedic drugs, who sold him ganja, police said.