Three inter-state drug peddlers nabbed

Preliminary investigation revealed the trio used to source the drugs from a Visakhapatnam-based peddler and sell them in smaller quantities here.

₹44 lakh worth hash oil, ganja and other items were recovered from the arrested. Photo Credit: Twitter/@ips_patil

Three notorious inter-state drug peddlers have been arrested by the Anti Narcotics Wing of city police and ₹44 lakh worth hash oil, ganja and other items recovered from them, police said.

A police team, acting on credible information, raided a house on Friday and seized the contraband.

The three - A Subramani (26), Vidus (31), who had done his MSc in Computer Science and computer application in England and Shegin (21) - were all from Kerala, an official release said.

Preliminary investigation revealed the trio used to source the drugs from a Visakhapatnam-based peddler and sell them in smaller quantities here.

Police also nabbed four inter-state chain snatchers and seized 1.7 kg of gold ornaments worth ₹85 lakh from them.

With the arrest of the four - Abu Hyder Ali, Husain Ali, Mehadi Hasan and Sadiaq Ali - 30 cases of chain- snatching have been solved, the release said.

The gang had been operating in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and had been arrested earlier too.