HYDERABAD: Excise enforcement sleuths arrested three peddlers and seized banned narcotic substances from their possession on Monday.
Acting on specific information, the enforcement wing sleuths of excise department arrested Biswajeet Nayak, 29, a resident of
Ayodhya Enclave in Lothkunta, B Amar Chand, 23, from JJ Nagar Colony in
Alwal and
Brian Mark, 23, from
Balaji Enclave in Bolarum, at Secunderabad on Monday morning.
The excise team seized 10 LSD blots, 20 grams hashish oil, two grams MDMA, five grams charas, 1.1 kilo ganja, a two-wheeler and three cell phones, all worth Rs 2 lakh from their possession.
On interrogation, Biswajeet confessed that he works for an
MNC and became addicted to drugs during his frequent visits to Goa. Subsequently, Nayak began procuring drugs from Goa to Hyderabad and started selling them to customers in Lothkunta, Alwal and Sainikpuri areas, assistant excise superintendent N Anji Reddy said.
Amar Chand, who runs a sweet shop in Alwal, and Brian, a college drop out, also started working with Biswajeet in selling drugs to known users.
“Our teams have launched a manhunt to nab the suppliers of the drugs. The arrested persons along with the seized contraband have been handed over to Secunderabad prohibition & excise station for further probe,” Anji Reddy said.