Telangana EAGLE force arrests five in city-wide drug raids

Telangana EAGLE Force arrested five people, including three drug peddlers and two consumers, seizing MDMA, LSD, and mobile phones. Investigations revealed a WhatsApp-based supply chain involving African supplier Mary, local distributors, and technical aides.

Hyderabad: The EAGLE force team of the Telangana police arrested five persons who including three drug peddlers and two consumers, during raids at different places in the city on Monday. The police seized 15 grams of MDMA, 12 LSD blots, and four mobile phones from them.

In the first case, the police arrested four individuals – Ritish Sudharshanam, a student of Osmania University, Dennis Martin, a private employee, M Satish Kumar, a disk jockey, and Panda Stevehans, a private employee.

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Panda purchased drugs from one Rahul, of Neredmet and sold them to different persons with the help of Satish, said the police. In the other case, the police caught one person, Boinapally Krishna Sai Varshith (25), a resident of Saroornagar.

According to the police, the man, Krishna, was purchasing drugs from an African drug supplier, Mary, alias Tamiya and supplying them to his customers with the help of his associates in the city. Krishna placed orders through WhatsApp to Tamiya, and after accepting online payment, she delivered the drugs through ‘dead drop’ method. The drugs were supplied to the customers by Krishna through the same modus operandi.

“In the case of 13 customers, four persons who assisted in collection of money from drug peddlers and eight persons who provided scanners and accounts are cited as accused,” said the officials.