Hyderabad police warns University students involved in drug rackets

Hyderabad: After techies, the spotlight is now back on students, especially university students, with the police intensifying its crackdown on drugs. City Police Commissioner CV Anand said they suspected students of various universities in the city were not just consuming drugs but selling the stuff too. Addressing the media following the arrest of N.Sai Vignesh, […]

Hyderabad: After techies, the spotlight is now back on students, especially university students, with the police intensifying its crackdown on drugs.

City Police Commissioner CV Anand said they suspected students of various universities in the city were not just consuming drugs but selling the stuff too.

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Addressing the media following the arrest of N.Sai Vignesh, a student from Gajularamaram in connection with drug trafficking, Anand said he purchased LSD blots through the Dark Web and sold it to his friends and others.

“He hosted parties and sold blots, each for Rs.3,000, to friends and others. The parties were mostly held in hotel rooms booked online in the city. He was using the Dark Net for his illegal business to avoid coming under the surveillance of law enforcement authorities,” Anand said.

Apart from Vignesh, two other degree students and three techies were arrested while two women university students, also suspects in the case, were absconding.

The Commissioner also said a few personnel of the Hyderabad City Police were trained in using the Dark Net and to do undercover operations. “Based on information gathered through the Dark Net, we are carrying out operations,” he said.

Gig worker, 5 others held for drug peddling

A 35-year-old man from Mangalhat, who worked as a delivery executive for a food delivery company, followed the same pattern of ‘service’ for his drug peddling and allegedly delivered ganja at the doorstep of his customers.

The man, Mahender Singh, was arrested along with five others including two software professionals.

The arrested persons were Mahender Singh (35) drug supplier, Lakhani Jiten (25) a collection executive at a private company, N Ramya Siddartha, a senior analyst at IT company, Anish Kumar, a data engineer at MNC and C Samar Simha Reddy, a supervisor at a private company, all consumers. One suspect is absconding.

“Singh purchased ganja from some persons and after contacting his customers through WhatsApp, delivered it at their doorstep,” Hyderabad CP CV Anand said.

City police to inform Centre about foreign nationals involvement in drug racket

In the latest drug racket in the city involving a Nigerian national, police found that Nicolas Olusola Rotimy (33), a Nigerian staying in Puducherry, allegedly formed a syndicate with local peddlers from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for his operations.

The Hyderabad City Police, who arrested Nicolas along with Nikhil Shenoy, Sone Rao, Amar Singh, Ulhas Sable, Goti Hari Singh, Jwala Panday, Sakaram Sakle, Aditya Rajan and Jaya Balaji, found he had established contacts with local suppliers.

“Local suppliers were getting MDMA from Nicolas and they in turn supplied it to several persons including a doctor, an accountant and IT professionals in the city,” City Police Commissioner CV Anand said.

The Commissioner said that they would be write to the union government informing about the involvement of foreign nationals in drug cases.

“We will also furnish the data of cases where foreign nationals were involved and stress for a mechanism to keep a tab on their illegal activities,” he said.

 

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