Andhra Pradesh Police on Thursday seized Rs 8.36 crore from a truck carrying PVC pipes at an inter-state check-post⛄ in NTR district.
Police seized the money, which is one of the largest single cash seizures in the run-up to 2024 polls, at Andhra Pradesh and Telangana inter-state check-post at Garikapadu village while che🌺cking vehicles.
"We seized Rs 8.36 crore cash hidden in a cabin behin𝄹d the driver's seat in the truck coming from Hyderabad and bound for Guntur," a police official told PTI.
According to police, the truck belonging to Chittoor district is registered under the name of on🌼e Shaik 🀅Aziz.
Meanwhile, police are questioning the truck driver, Ch Shanmugan (40), and cleaner, P Sekhar♊ Reddy (24), for further information.
After submitting the cash to the treasury department, police have registered a case under CrPC Sections 41 and 102, the poཧlice official added.
Simultaneous elections for the 25 Lok Sabha seats and 175 Assembly constituencie💦s in the southern state will be held on May 13 and the results will be declared on June 4.
