Suspended CISF constable held for transporting 158 kg marijuana in Hyderabad
A suspended CISF constable was arrested in Hyderabad for transporting a large quantity of marijuana. The individual, identified as Panagudu Shiva Krishna, was apprehended with 158 kg of the drug valued at ₹79 lakh. Authorities are investigating his connections to interstate drug trafficking.
- ▪The arrested constable was transporting 158 kg of marijuana worth ₹79 lakh.
- ▪He was previously suspended in September 2025 after an arrest related to the NDPS Act.
- ▪Shiva Krishna allegedly used his CISF identity to evade inspections while supplying drugs.
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A suspended Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable was arrested by the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force and S.R. Nagar police for allegedly transporting 158 kg of marijuana worth ₹79 lakh in the city on Tuesday (June 2, 2026).The accused was identified as 39-year-old Panagudu Shiva Krishna, a native of Mothugudem in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh who was residing in Kerala. Police said he was apprehended beside a lane near a private hospital in S.R. Nagar at around 9.20 p.m.Officials seized 158 kg of marijuana, a Chevrolet Sail car bearing registration number KL 64 A 6092 and three mobile phones. According to DCP Task Force Vaibhav Gaikwad, Shiva Krishna joined the CISF in 2009 and later served with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
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