Overview

• A joint operation by the Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing and Amberpet police on August 5 led to the arrest of 44-year-old Mangala Ram.
• Officers confiscated 21 kilograms of poppy husk along with a mixer grinder, weighing machines, a strainer, two mobile phones and a two-wheeler.
• The total value of the seized narcotics and equipment is estimated at ₹3.5 lakh, officials said.
• Police allege Ram sourced the poppy husk from his native Barmer district to fund an addiction he developed in Rajasthan.
• Investigators have filed FIRs under the NDPS Act and are probing the financial and logistical channels of the interstate trafficking ring.