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The Special Operations Team of the Cantonment Zone and Abdullapurmet Police arrested two interstate drug peddlers from Odisha and seized 164.86 kg of marijuana worth over Rs 41 lakh near Nalgonda Dharma Kanta on Sunday night.

Rachakonda Police busted an interstate drug racket near Abdullapurmet, Hyderabad, seizing marijuana worth Rs 6.2 crore and arresting a truck driver from Rajasthan. The contraband, sourced from Malkangiri forests in Odisha, was meant for Rajasthan. A wider probe is underway

A team from Attapur police, in collaboration with the Special Operations Team, conducted a raid at a secluded location near Mir Alam Tank and discovered seven drivers engaged in gambling while playing three-card games.

In coordination with the local police, the SOT conducted a raid on a residential apartment in Gowlidoddi, Gachibowli. The operation uncovered that the organisers of the international racket were exploiting women from various countries.

According to police, the duo collected rice from poor people and smuggling it to Karnataka where it was sold at a higher price

The police seized 40 kilograms of poppy straw, 10 grams of MDMA and cash Rs. 10,000 from them.

All are residents of Brahamanpally in Madgul. Earlier, three persons were arrested in the same case. According to the police, the trio procured the spurious seeds from A.Malla Reddy of Keshampet and sold it to farmers and other dealers locally and made easy money.

In the first incident, a truck carrying 35 tonnes of PDS rice was intercepted at Shadnagar and one person identified as Pradeep was arrested.

The police seized property worth Rs. 30 lakhs from them. Acting on tip off, the police caught Gaddam Srikanth and Naveen Kumar, who are professional drivers and worked for two alleged smugglers Shivaiah and Pindi Suresh, who are absconding.

Acting on tip off, the team raided a flat at Medchal and found one person V Rajesh (40) was organizing gambling and inviting people to participate in the game.

Acting on information, the police caught K Surya Kumar and G Shyam Babu, both natives of Andhra Pradesh and residing in the city.

Acting on a tipoff, the SOT raided houses at Kukatpally, Dundigal, Miyapur, Jeedimetla and Bachupally and caught 15 people for allegedly organising the betting.

Two others — P Koswaha and Aslam — both from Bihar, are absconding. Police said Lal Babu confessed that he decided to procure drugs from Bihar to sell them to consumers in Hyderabad at a higher rate and earn easy money within a short time.

They accepted bets from known punters including businessmen and realtors on commission online. All the financial transactions were made digitally only.

The gang was smuggling heroin and MDMA (popularly known as Ecstacy or Molly), from Rajasthan to Hyderabad and selling to consumers.

The police seized 15 grams of heroin from them

According to the police, Kappala Ravi from Bheemanapally of Pochampally mandal was caught red-handed while adulterating milk.

The police seized 28 mobile phones, hookah flavors, pots and cash from the premises.

Acting on a tip off, the police caught the persons and seized 36 grams MDMA drug, 12 LSD blots , three bottles of Hash oil, three packs of OCD papers, a car, a bike and four mobile phones.

Cyberabad police arrested four property offenders who were involved in multiple offences and recovered gold chains, gold bangles and motorcycles from them.