Hyderabad: Yemen national among two held in drug case
Seventeen grams of cocaine, eight grams of MDMA, 73 ecstasy pills and 15 grams of hashish were seized
Hyderabad: The Prohibition and Excise department on Thursday arrested two persons including a Yemen national on charges of possessing cocaine, Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and ecstasy pills.
Seventeen grams of cocaine, eight grams of MDMA, 73 ecstasy pills and 15 grams of hashish along with two mobile phones, a digital weighing machine and Rs.80,000 in cash were seized from the arrested persons Abdurabu Mohammed, 31, a Yemen national and Solomon Susairaj, 28, a resident of Balamrai in Secunderabad.
Assistant Prohibition and Excise Superintendent (Enforcement) Hyderabad N Anjireddy said Abdurabu Mohammed purchased cocaine and hashish from his Nigerian contact Ezeh Chidi, who resides in Mumbai and MDMA from Victor, a resident of Bengaluru. Both Chidi and Victor are absconding, he said.
Abdurabu Mohammed purchsed cocaine at Rs.3,000 per gram and sold it for Rs.7,000 to Rs.8,000 depending on the demand from customers. He purchased MDMA at Rs.2,000 per gram, hashish at Rs.2,000 per tola and each Ecstasy pill at Rs.700 and sold them to customers known to him at high price.
During investigation, it was revealed that Abdurabu Mohammed came to India in 2010 to pursue studies. He discontinued his degree course at a college in Pune and again joined in Hyderabad in BCA course at Nizam College in 2013.
Anjireddy said he discontinued the BCA course due to his vices and got addicted to drugs. The excise department arrested him in December 2019 for selling drugs to his friends. After release from jail, he left for Bengaluru and started sending drugs to Hyderabad with the help of his associates.
On Monday, he came to Hyderabad along with Solomon, who was also addicted to drugs. Based on a tip off about the arrival of Abdurabu Mohammed to the city, the excise enforcement team apprehended him along with his associate at Noornagar in Banjara Hills.
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