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Hyderabad: Youth held with drugs at Balanagar
Officials said Kiran Kumar, who was a drug consumer himself, procured the narcotic substances from Santosh Jadhav, a local drug dealer operating from Goa
Hyderabad: The Excise Department Special Task Force caught one youth on charges of drug peddling and seized 19 grams of cocaine, 7 grams of marijuana and cash of Rs 60,000 from him at Balanagar on Tuesday night.
Officials said Kiran Kumar, who was a drug consumer himself, procured the narcotic substances from Santosh Jadhav, a local drug dealer operating from Goa.
He bought them at a lower rate and smuggled them in private buses and cars into Hyderabad and sold them to consumers at higher rates here.
Following a tip-off, Kiran was nabbed and drugs seized. Efforts are underway to identify the source of the drug, officials said.