The men, in their early 20s, arrested had links with ganja smuggling rackets based in Odisha, they said.
They had allegedly procured ganja directly from farmers engaged in its cultivation with the help of Maoists in forests of Odisha's Rayagada district bordering Andhra, police said.
Investigations were on both the identify the source of supply and customers in the shooting locations here, they added.
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