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The EAGLE Force, Telangana, successful coordination with the Gachibowli Police, arrested an inter-State cause peddler and his 2 associates during a raid successful Kondapur connected Monday (February 16). The squad seized 32 grams of cocaine during the operation.
The accused, arrested from Venkataramana Residency, were identified arsenic 24-year-old Vegesna Murali Krishnam Raju, a nonmigratory of Kondapur, 28-year-old Bhupathiraju Chiranjeevi Varma, a backstage worker residing successful KPHB, and 37-year-old Rudraraju Hemanth Raju, a businessman from Vijayawada. All 3 were natives of West Godavari district.
According to officials, Murali Krishnam Raju discontinued his engineering studies owed to fiscal constraints and worked successful Uttarakhand, Pune and Goa. “He aboriginal began consuming drugs and allegedly turned to peddling cocaine to money his expenses. He initially sourced cocaine locally successful Hyderabad earlier shifting to suppliers successful Goa and Bengaluru aft his earlier interaction was arrested,” said an serviceman from EAGLE.
Investigators stated that helium procured cocaine astatine ₹7,000 per gram and sold it for up to ₹12,000 per gram. He allegedly utilized encrypted messaging applications implicit Wi-Fi to pass with customers and adopted a ‘dead drop’ method for delivery. Payments were routed online done slope accounts of acquaintances earlier being transferred to him.
Police said 1 of his associates successful Bengaluru helped procure cocaine and transport it to Hyderabad done backstage autobus services. The 2nd accused, Chiranjeevi Varma, allegedly purchased cocaine from Murali Krishnam Raju and shared his interaction with prospective buyers. Hemanth Raju, the 3rd accused and relative of the main accused, precocious began consuming cocaine, the serviceman added.
All 3 accused tested affirmative for cocaine consumption. Police identified 15 consumers during the probe and stated that further enactment would beryllium taken against those progressive successful the procurement and organisation of the banned substance.
A backstage autobus transport relation and its driver, who allegedly facilitated the question of cocaine from Bengaluru to Hyderabad, person besides been named arsenic accused. A motorcycle taxi rider who reportedly transported the contraband from the autobus to the main accused has likewise been booked.
Further probe is underway to hint and apprehend different persons linked to the network.
