Contraband worth Rs 10 lakh seized in Secunderabad, three held

HYDERABAD: Three peddlers were nabbed and Rs 10.1 lakh worth contraband, including LSD, ecstasy, MDMA and hashish oil, was seized from their possession during a raid at a flat in East Marredpally in Secunderabad on Thursday. The accused were reportedly planning to make some quick profit on New Year Eve.
Acting on specific information, a Task Force team arrested Nikhil Shenoy, 32, from East Marredpally, Faiz Mevati, 20, from Nallagutta and Meroz Khan, 31, from Jeedimetla, at Nikhil’s flat at Sangamitra Apartment, East Marredpally.
Police seized 10 grams of MDMA, 70 blots of LSD, 60 ecstasy pills, 1.4 kilos of hahish oil and 11 kilos of ganja from their possession. During interrogation, Nikhil confessed that five years ago he had come in contact with a garments seller, Injoth Singh, and through him, he met Faiz Mevati and Meroz Khan, who are working at a cargo service company in Jeedimetla. As their income was not sufficient to meet their expenses, Nikhil advised Faiz and Meroz to work with him to sell drugs in the city. “Nikhil used to get orders from customers and Faiz and Meroz used to deliver drugs to customers, DCP, Task Force, P Radhakishan Rao said. According to police, the gang was procuring a gram of MDMA for Rs 2,000 and selling the same to customers for Rs 6000. They were procuring LSD blot and ecstasy pill for Rs 1,000 and selling them for a profit of Rs 500. The accused were handed over to Tukaramgate police for further investigation.