4 arrested for bid to smuggle narcotics, tobacco items

Four people were arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle around Rs 55 lakh worth of narcotics and tobacco products from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh, police said.

The banned items were found concealed in a jeep carrying vegetables after it was stopped at Donakonda checkpost in Andhra, based on a tip-off, the police said.

Besides the jeep, an autorickshaw, four cellphones and Rs 6.30 lakh in cash were seized from the arrested, they said.

A case has been registered and investigation has begun, they added.