Four arrested for transporting spurious BT-3 cotton seeds in Hayathnagar
Four individuals were arrested in Telangana for transporting banned BT-3 cotton seeds. The suspects were caught during a joint operation and failed to provide valid documentation for the seeds. Authorities seized approximately 600 kilograms of the suspected fake seeds and are continuing their investigation to apprehend an additional suspect.
- ▪The arrested individuals were transporting spurious BT-3 cotton seeds from Andhra Pradesh to Telangana.
- ▪They could not produce any valid licenses or permits for the seeds.
- ▪The operation involved the LB Nagar Special Operations Team, Agriculture Department, and local police.
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Four persons were arrested for allegedly transporting and attempting to sell banned and spurious BT-3 cotton seeds in Telangana during a joint operation by the LB Nagar Special Operations Team (SOT), Agriculture Department and Hayathnagar police.The arrested were identified as Chalivendula Raja Ram, 42, Gosa Swamy Dasu, 48, Anumula Malleswaraiah, 28, and Kandala Chinna Obulesu, 45, all natives of Nandyal district in Andhra Pradesh.The accused were apprehended near Pista House (restaurant) at Peddamberpet while transporting the seeds from Andhra Pradesh’s Nandyal district to Hayathnagar to sell them to farmers.The accused failed to produce any valid licences, invoices, transport permits or authorisation documents for possession and transportation of seeds.Police seized around 600 kilograms…
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