Interstate drug peddling racket busted in Hyd

Hyderabad: An interstate drug peddling racket was busted here and two peddlers were arrested for allegedly transporting hash oil worth more than Rs 1 crore, police said on Monday.

Two drug peddlers, who were involved in the transportation of hash oil from Visakhapatnam to Bengaluru via Hyderabad, were apprehended and 13.5 kg of hash oil was seized from them, Rachakonda Commissioner of Police G Sudheer Babu said in a release.

The accused persons are cousins and natives of Andhra Pradesh, who were farmers. Both got into illicit drug trade to earn easy money, police said. The accused were procuring hashish oil from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and transporting and selling it in Bengaluru, transiting through Hyderabad, police said. Recently, the receiver from Bengaluru placed an order for 14 kg of hash oil, and accordingly the two accused procured the hash oil and came to the outskirts of Hyderabad on August 11 in the evening hours.