Hyderabad: Police arrests four with 5 kg opium
Officials nabbed the gang when they arrived to deliver the drugs to customers near Victoria Hotel in Tolichowki.
Hyderabad: The West Zone task force arrested four men for possessing opium and seized 5 kg contraband from them. The arrested were identified as Mohammed Masood Ahmed, 39, Arif Khan, 25, Shaik Taj, 33, and Syed Hashim Hussain alias Imran, 42.
Officials nabbed the gang when they arrived to deliver the drugs to customers near Victoria Hotel in Tolichowki. A car and three cell phones were also recovered from them.
“Masood Ahmed arranged the contraband with the help of D. Satyanand Vardhan alias Satyam. The accused hatched a plan to sell the contraband for Rs 4 lakh per kg in the city. He sought the help of Arif Khan, Syed Hashim and Shaik Taj to sell it for a commission,” said P. Radha Kishan Rao, DCP, commissioner’s task force.
On Friday, while the gang arrived at Tolichowki to sell the stash to customers, the police apprehended them and handed them over to the Golconda police.