PD Act invoked against drug peddler in Krishna district

District Collector D.K. Balaji on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) issued orders invoking the Preventive Detention (PD) Act against notorious drug peddler Polana Kiran, a native of Yekamuru Katta in Thotlavalluru mandal, Krishna district. The accused was involved in eight ganja peddling cases in Krishna, Guntur, and NTR Police Commissionerate limits, and a suspect sheet was opened against Kiran in 2020. He would be sent to Rajahmundry Central Prison, said Krishna district SP V. Vidyasagar Naidu in a release on Tuesday.