prayagraj drug peddlers like arms dealers keep changing their strategies ways of functioning and terminologies to avoid suspicion and outwit law enforcement agencies drug smugglers in uttar pradesh keep changing their lexicon and use new words and phrases to deceive copsduring questioning after the seizure of a huge quantity of ganja worth rs 225 crore from three drug peddlers on the upmp border on wednesday stf stumbled upon a new vocabulary of drug smugglers where maal refers to marijuana popularly known as ganjastf deputy sp navendu kumar told toi there has been demand for ganja in states like bihar up mp and chhattisgarh and drug peddlers are now smuggling consignments from odisha and andhra pradeshthe drug peddlers now travel by air stay in big hotels and use the term maal for ganja while interacting with suppliers to dodge police he addeda drug peddler bringing consignment to up from rajmundari in east godavari district of andhra pradesh first catches a flight from varanasi to guwahati and from there to hyderabad to avoid coming under police scanner the dsp saidthey often use different code words for consignments during trips he addedthe drug peddlers earlier used kapda cloth for heroin smack and ghaas grass for ganja and thus ek metre kapra meant one kilogramme of smack adha metre to 500 gm and so on shared stf officialscuriously drug peddlers have connections with people of a particular tribe in andhra pradesh and odisha who provide them ganja in ap ganja is referred to as kukurithe consignment is transported in specially modified trucks to dodge checking and surveillance the drugs are stashed in secret chambers in the drivers cabin or hidden in cartons of clothes vegetables eggs etc the officials saidmoreover the drivers and cleaners transporting consignments from ap or odisha to up by road are paid huge amounts ranging from rs 50000 to rs one lakh as per the quantity and risk involvedif drivers notice increased surveillance and know delivering the consignment would be difficult they use phrases like gaadi kharab ho gayi vehicle has broken down to notify accomplices officials said adding that the code word for a carton was gattadrug dealers often rope in people who know multiple languages for smuggling consignments from odisha and andhra pradesh the consignments are also concealed in grain sacks or school bags to avoid suspicion use of cellphones is kept minimal during transit