Three drug peddlers held

Hyderabad: As part of the crackdown against drug peddlers prior to New Year’s eve, Rachakonda police arrested three persons and seized 1.5 litres of hashish oil worth Rs 4.8 lakh from their possession.
Acting on specific information, Special Operations Team sleuths of Rachakonda arrested B.Com students of a private college in Ameerpet, Ch Sandeep, Sai Charan Shinde and Y Naveen Sagar at Dilsukhnagar and seized 1.5 litres of hashish oil from their possession.According to police, the three peddlers were addicted to ganja and hashish oil. To meet expenses to buy the contraband, the accused went to Araku and purchased 1.5 litres of hashish oil from a supplier, Uday, for Rs 30,000 a litre, with an intention to sell the same to customers in Hyderabad at a price of Rs 3,000 per 10 ml. The accused were produced before court and sent in judicial remand. tnn