Hyderabad: Task force arrests 2 peddlers, seizes 90g of mephedrone

HYDERABAD: The city’s Task Force arrested two peddlers and seized 90 grams of mephedrone and three cell phones from their possession.
The accused were identified as Manoj Kumar Panwar (24), a BA student from Venkatreddy Nagar Colony, Ramanthapur, and Manohar Bishnoi (26), a factory worker from Meerpet. Both are natives of Rajasthan.
About six months back, Manohar Bishnoi came to Hyderabad and started working at Meerpet.
Due to meagre earnings, he contacted his friend Manoj Kumar Panwar and the latter suggested that he should sell mephedrone. Manoj used to buy this drug from one Jalaram of Rajasthan.
“Manoj offered to pay Rs 20,000 per month to Manohar for selling mephedrone. As per the plan, Manohar started selling mephedrone to customers for Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,500 per gram,” Task Force DCP, P Radha Kishan Rao said.
“About four days back, Manoj brought 100 grams of mephedrone,” the DCP added.
While Manohar was waiting for prospective customers near the polytechnic college bus stop in Amberpet, police caught him with three sachets of the drug, containing three grams in total, and seized two cell phones.
“Manohar took our team to Manoj’s house in Ramanthapur and we found 87 grams of mephedrone and a digital weighing machine from his possession,” said inspector Md Abdul Javeed.
In another case, the East Zone Task Force reportedly apprehended three peddlers and seized over 100 kilos of ganja at Sultan Bazar.