Drug peddler from Mumbai arrested in Secunderabad

HYDERABAD: Task force sleuths arrested an inter-state drug peddler, Ashish Kumar Umesh Trivedi (26), at SD Road in Secunderabad and seized 12 grams of mephedrone from his possession, on Friday.
The accused is a resident of Andheri in Mumbai. According to police, Trivedi used to work as a food delivery executive in Mumbai and has been addicted to drugs. As his income was not sufficient to meet the expenses, Trivedi met a drug supplier, Zama Sabri—also from Mumbai—and agreed to sell drugs for him in Hyderabad, Task force DCP P Radha Kishan Rao said.
Trivedi used to purchase mephedrone for Rs 1,700 per gram from Sabri and sell it in Hyderabad for Rs 5,000 a gram, police said. Trivedi was arrested at SD Road when he was waiting for a customer. He was handed over to Gopalapuram police.