Three drug peddlers held, variety of narcotics seized

Hyderabad: Three

drug

peddlers were arrested and a variety of narcotics were seized from their possession at Ameerpet on Tuesday.

Acting on specific information, the enforcement team of Prohibition & Excise Department raided a house at BK Guda in Ameerpet and arrested Pilli Manoj Kumar alias Bunty, 31, B Rohit, 34, and G Naveen Raj, 31. The excise team seized 46 ecstasy pills, two grams of MDMA and 10 grams of charas, along with an I10 car and Activa scooter from the possession of the accused.

“During interrogation, Manoj Kumar confessed that he along with Naveen Raj and three others purchased drugs from Goa for Rohit, who consumes ecstasy pills and also sells the same to customers. Manoj has also been selling drugs, including cocaine, to customers in the city,” assistant excise superintendent N Anji Reddy said.

On Monday night, Manoj and his associates returned from Goa with drugs after spending five days there. When the accused met at Manoj’s house in BK Guda on Tuesday morning, the excise team caught them along with the drugs and seized four cell phones. “Manoj and Naveen Raj confessed that Kunal Shinde and Rafee sold them the drugs at Anjuna Beach in Goa,” Anji Reddy said.

The accused along with the seized material were handed over to Ameerpet excise station staff for further probe.