Dr Thomas (Special Correspondent)
The Anti-Narcotics Wing of the CCB officials in special drive against drug peddlers busted a racket and arrested a gang of seven people from Kerala who were using online delivery app ( Dunzo and porter app ) to supply drugs to their customers.
The accused according to the CCB officials are operating from a rented house in Ashoknagar and pack the drugs in gift boxes to deliver the drugs to their customers and receive the cash from the same packages in return.
The accused were sourcing the drugs from African Nationals and running the racket for the last few months before the CCB officials based on a tip off track down the accused and arrested them.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime)Dr SD Sharanappa said that seven accused are among the 19 peddlers arrested in and around the city in a month long operation against Drugs.
Due to the stepped up vigil the peddlers were using different methods and online modes to smuggle and supply drugs.
In another incident,the CCB officials arrested an executive with the insurance company for peddling drugs.
He would work in the company day time and after work he would peddle hashish oil to his customers .
The Hashish oil he would store in a custom made compartment in the boot space of his car to avoid undue attention .
The accused sourced the drugs from huis contact in Vizag and operating in the city for the last six months, before he was tracked down,a police officer, said .
In a similar cases the officials arrested two food delivery executive who are peddling drugs.While one of them is part of the peddlers gang,the other executive worked as Mule and would get Rs.1,000 per delivery.
As many as 10 peddlers among the 19 arrested in 10 cases are from Kerala while the others including two from Nigeria,one from Ivory coast,one each from West Bengal and AP, the police said .
Among the seized drugs,the officials recovered,6 kilos of Hashish Oil,51.8 kilos of Marijuana,140 grams of MDMA crystal,236 pills of Ecstasy,34 LSD strips and 23 grams of Cocaine total worth of Rs.7.06 crores.
