Drugs worth Rs 7.3 lakh seized; Bengaluru student, Hyderabad man arrested

A 19-year-old student from Bengaluru and a 27-year-old private firm employee were arrested on Monday for allegedly peddling narcotics worth Rs 7.3 lakh, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, the Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing apprehended the duo on August 19 in the limits of Domalguda police station, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Task Force) YVS Sudheendra said in a release.

Police seized 12.57 grams of MDMA, 305 grams of ganja, a car and three mobile phones from their possession.

According to investigators, the BCA student—specialising in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning—procured narcotics from Nigerian suppliers and supplied them to the 27-year-old customer, whom he befriended on a social media platform.

The drugs were later sold in Hyderabad.

A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, police said.