Hyderabad police bust illegal Narcotics sales in Begumpet, arrest three
BEGUMPET: The sleuths of Task Force, North Zone team along with staff of Begumpet police station and Drug Control Administration (DCA) raided Mahaveer Medical Shop in Begumpet and busted illegal narcotics sales on Sunday.
Based on credible information, a raid was conducted on Mahaveer Medical Shop in Begumpet, where Narcotic Drugs were being sold illegally at exorbitant prices to drug addicts. Nitrovit, Codeine, etc., were seized during the raid, and three accused persons were apprehended.
The accused, Mutha Kishore Kumar (58), Muslam Raju (39), and Ireni Ramesh Goud (30), were selling scheduled H1 Drugs like Nitravet without a doctor’s prescription to needy customers at Mahaveer medical shop illegally at exorbitant prices to drug addicts, with the help of his assistant Muslam Raju.
Upon inquiry, Mutha Kishore Kumar revealed that he had been procuring narcotic medicines through Ramesh Goud, a medical representative who was subsequently apprehended. Further investigation revealed that Goud supplied these substances to Mutha Kishore of Mahaveer Medicals, Begumpet, using duplicate bills. Recently, Goud purchased 260 bottles of Magnatuss-T – Cough Syrup (Codeine Phosphate & Trprolidine Hydrochloride Syrup) from P.S Global Agency and supplied them to Mutha Kishore Kumar with the intention of making substantial profits.
The police confiscated various narcotic drugs, such as cough syrup containing codeine phosphate and trprolidine hydrochloride, tramadol injections and tablets, dicyclomine hydrochloride capsules, nitrazepam tablets, zolpidem tartrate tablets, alprazolam tablets, etizolam tablets, clobazam tablets, clonazepam tablets, and chlordiazepoxide tablets all worth Rs. 45,000.
A case was registered against the accused persons vide Cr.No.154/2024 U/Sec. 8© r/w.22 (b) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) Act at Begumpet police station.
The raid was conducted by various police officials, including S.Rashmi Perumal, Dy. Commissioner of Police, North Zone Task Force Inspector, Govind Singh Drug Inspector, C.Ramaiah, and SIs B.Ashok Reddy.