Hyderabad: Hyderabad police have busted an interstate and one international drug syndicate and arrested six people in relation to the two cases. The announcement was made by Rachakonda, Police Commissioner, Mahesh Bhagwat along with DCPs Rakshitha K. Murthy, Muralidhar, ACPs Sadhana Rashmi Perumal, Naresh Reddy, and others shared details with media while interacting with media reporters on Tuesday.
Police said that the accused involved in the interstate drug racket used to smuggle heroin in bags filled with millet and arrested five people in connection to the same on Tuesday.
A drug addict from Rajasthan is said to be the mastermind behind this syndicate which was later joined by others. Out of the five arrested three are suppliers while two are buyers. Another accused is said to be absconding. Police have recovered 45 grams of heroin worth Rs.35 lakh, one auto, a pair of two-wheelers, and five mobile phones from the arrested.
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"Praveen Kumar (22) from Jalore district of Rajasthan came to Hyderabad in 2017 seeking employment and started running a steel fabrication unit in Patancheru. Later he got psychotropic drugs, developed contacts in the city and then started peddling them himself. He procured heroin from local sources and was trading it for easy money,” Bhagwat said.
"Pravin came into contact with Rajasthan-based peddler Savla Mahadev Ram, and began procuring heroin from him. Mahadev Ram used to smuggle the drugs concealed in bags of millets which he dispatched through private channels. The other four were helping him. Medipally police and LB Nagar SOT arrested the five accused while Mahadev Ram remains at large," he added.
Police further revealed that an international drug gang that was transporting drugs from Mumbai and Pune to Hyderabad in travel buses was also busted by LB Nagar police. A Nigerian who was delivering drugs under the orders of Mumbai-based drug don Okoro, and a Hyderabadi who was buying from him, were arrested.
Thirty grams of methamphetamine worth Rs 6 lakh, Rs 1,500 in cash, and two phones were seized. Okoro is on the run. Rachakonda Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat along with DCPs Rakshitha K. Murthy, Muralidhar, ACPs Sadhana Rashmi Perumal, Naresh Reddy, and others revealed the details of the case on Tuesday.
