The Hyderabad police have busted two inter state drug trafficking gangs with the arrest of eight persons, all with links to Mumbai, in three separate cases.
The police seized 244 grams of MDMA and 110 kg of ganja, confirmed the police on the 15th of February, Wednesday. The sleuths of Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW), along with Gopalapuram police arrested a drug supplier, a drug transporter, and two peddlers.
They seized 204 grams of MDMA, four mobile phones and a four-wheeler all valued at Rs 20 lakh. Hyderabad Police Commissioner C.V. Anand told reporters that the drug supplier, transporter and two peddlers are all from Mumbai. Jatin Bhalchandra Bhalerao, Javed Shamshair Ali Siddique, Junaid Shaik Shamshuddin, and Vikas Mohan Kodmur were arrested during the investigation into separate cases registered earlier in which three accused were arrested.
According to sources, Jathin was procuring cocaine from Emmanul Osondu, a Nigerian who was arrested by Hyderabad police earlier for drug peddling. The police also found Sana Khan, an IT employee and a resident of Kondapur, consuming and selling MDMA in Hyderabad. She was arrested earlier. According to police, she used to travel to Mumbai frequently and buy drugs from Jatin. She used to buy 1 gram of MDMA for about Rs 3,000 in Mumbai and sold it for about Rs 7,000 in Hyderabad.
Police had seized 15 grams of MDMA from her. During the investigation, police found 40 to 50 consumers in Hyderabad and 70 consumers in Mumbai. The latest arrests were also made during the course of investigation into another case in which Harsh Mahajan, a resident of Kondapur was arrested for drug peddling. Eleven grams of MDMA was seized from him. The Hyderabad police have shared with Mumbai Police the information regarding the drug racket obtained during investigations.
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