The district police gained the distinction of disposing of the highest quantity of ganja in a single day in the State by burning Rs 27 crore worth ganja on Tuesday.
Superintendent of Police and District Drug Disposal Committee chairman B Rohith Raju informed that 11,061 kg of cannabis seized from the accused in 142 cases in 17 police stations of the district was burnt in an isolated forest area on the outskirts of Hemachandrapuram village in the district.