Six arrested in illegal steroid racket in Hyderabad’s Musheerabad

The Secunderabad Task Force and Musheerabad police arrested six persons for allegedly running an illegal steroid and muscle-enhancing drug racket. Banned injections and bodybuilding supplements worth Rs 6.5 lakh were seized, while two suspected suppliers from other states remain absconding.

Hyderabad: The Task Force (Secunderabad), along with Musheerabad police, has busted an illegal steroid and muscle-enhancing drug racket in Musheerabad and arrested six persons, seizing banned injections and body-building supplements, altogether worth ars worth around Rs 6.5 lakh.

The arrested persons are identified as B Shiva, Mohd Furqanuddin Faisal, Mohd Saif alias Mohd Ehsaan Ulhaq, Farzan Khan, Mohd Yousuf and Sombattini Abhilash.

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Police said Shiva and Faisal were the main suppliers, while the others acted as sub-sellers.

According to the police, the suspects allegedly procured the steroids through online sources without medical prescriptions and sold them to gym-goers and fitness enthusiasts for instant muscle growth.

Two alleged suppliers, Mudid Chouhan of Uttar Pradesh and Rajan Preeth Singh of Punjab, are absconding.

Cases have been registered at Musheerabad Police Station.