HYDERABAD: Excise sleuths arrested three peddlers on Sunday and seized a variety of drugs including cocaine and MDMA from their possession.
Acting on specific information, the enforcement team of the Prohibition and Excise department arrested Bharath Thukral (48) a business strategy planner and his associates — M Rana Pratap (29) from Balkampet and Sk Feroz Ahmed (29) from Inrdanagar in Banjara Hills. The three were arrested in Madhuranagar on Sunday. Sleuths seized 105 grams of MDMA, 25 grams of cocaine, 25 grams of hasish oil, four LSD blots, 250 grams of ganja, two cars, a bike and seven cellphones. They team also found 18 syringes, nine sterilised water vials and passports of Bharath Thukral and M Rana Pratap.
“Bharat confessed he had purchased hashish oil from one Akhil Aditya of Borabanda. He purchased cocaine, LSD and MDMA from James in Banglore, Jamy in Delhi, Irfan and Abdul in Chennai and ganja from one Bharath Singh of Langar Houz,” assistant excise superintendant, N Anji Reddy said. The accused have allegedly been supplying drugs to their clients in the city for the past two years. “They are selling cocaine for Rs 6,000 to Rs 10,000 per gram and MDMA for Rs 6,500 a gram,” said an official.
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