Hyderabad: Inter-State drug racket busted, nine held

Hyderabad: The Hayathnagar police busted a drug racket being operated between the Andhra-Odisha Border and Hyderabad and arrested nine persons on Tuesday. Police seized 5 kg of marijuana, 525 grams of hashish oil, a motorbike, 9 mobile phones and a weighing machine from them.

The arrested persons were B Indra Kumar (25), an engineering dropout and currently an auto driver from Nagarkurnool and Anil Kumar (25) from Kukatpally, both drug peddlers.
The consumers arrested were Venkata Krishna Chaitanya (27) from Alwal, Utkarsh Umang (20) from Jeedimetla, KH Bharath Reddy (24) from KPHB colony, Ch Vashista (24) from Alwal, N Shivadeekshith (24) from Bowenpally, B Somesh Kumar (25) from Visakhapatnam and K Kamalakar (24) from Kukatpally.

Following a tip-off, the police caught Venkata Krishna Chaitanya and Utkarsh Umang in possession of 70 grams of marijuana. The duo then led the police team to their room in KPHB colony, where the rest of the suspects were arrested and marijuana and hashish oil were seized from the premises.

“Indra Kumar procured marijuana from Araku agency area in Visakhapatnam and smuggled it to Hyderabad and sold it to customers with the help of the other suspects,” said an official. They were produced before court and remanded in judicial custody.

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