Overview
- On August 7, coordinated intelligence-led raids by the Prohibition and Excise department resulted in the arrest of five individuals at multiple Hyderabad locations.
- Officials confiscated 66 grams of brown sugar, 5.14 grams of MDMA and over 1.7 kilograms of ganja during the operations.
- Investigators traced the brown sugar shipment to Malda, the MDMA to a Bengaluru contact and the ganja consignments to Nagpur networks.
- Four separate cases have been registered under the NDPS Act and all suspects remain in custody pending further legal action.
- Authorities are continuing to probe upstream suppliers and aim to dismantle the broader inter-state trafficking network.