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Four persons were nabbed by the Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) successful Hyderabad for allegedly manufacturing ephedrine, a controlled narcotic substance, successful a clandestine setup astatine Jeedimetla.
Acting connected credible information, the EAGLE squad raided a level astatine Sai Datta Residency, Springfield Colony, adjacent Suchitra Crossroad, connected October 9 and seized 220 kilograms of ephedrine valued astatine ₹72 crore, on with mobile phones utilized successful the operation.
The arrested were identified arsenic Vastavayi Shiva Ramakrishna Parama Varma, 52, from Kakinada; Dangeti Anil, 31, accumulation manager astatine PNM Life Sciences, IDA Bollaram; Musini Dorababu, 29, from East Godavari; and Maddu Venkata Krishna Rao, 45, manager of PNM Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. Another accused, M. Prasad, a co-director of the aforesaid firm, is absconding.
Director of EAGLE, Sandeep Shandilya said that Varma, a erstwhile chemist with a past of cause offences, masterminded the operation. “He approached Anil successful December 2024 with a connection to manufacture ephedrine utilizing the facilities of PNM Life Sciences. Anil, tempted by the wealth offered, discussed the program with institution directors Krishna Rao and Prasad, who agreed to let accumulation wrong their mill premises astatine Bollaram,” explained the officer.
Varma allegedly supplied earthy materials specified arsenic toluene, bromine and acetone, and transferred ₹8 lakh to Anil for purchasing different chemicals, including sodium hydroxide flakes, hydrochloric acerb and sodium borohydride.
“Based connected Varma’s formula, Anil oversaw the accumulation process, which yielded 220 kilograms of high-quality ephedrine. The finished merchandise was past stored successful Varma’s residence astatine Jeedimetla,” added the officer.
EAGLE teams had been keeping a ticker connected Varma, an aged offender antecedently arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau successful Bengaluru and Hyderabad successful 2017 and 2019. On October 9, erstwhile the accused gathered astatine the Jeedimetla level to find imaginable buyers, officers swooped successful and arrested 4 of them, portion Prasad managed to escape.
Ephedrine is simply a precursor chemic utilized successful the amerciable manufacture of methamphetamine, a highly addictive drug. The seized mill astatine Bollaram lacked documentation specified arsenic lease deeds and fiscal records, indicating deliberate concealment of amerciable activity.
EAGLE officials warned that the misuse of specified concern units for cause accumulation poses a superior menace to nationalist wellness and security. They urged citizens, particularly youth, to enactment distant from drugs and advised parents to show their children’s behaviour. Information related to cause offences tin beryllium reported confidentially done the toll-free fig 1908 oregon WhatsApp astatine 8712671111.
