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Hans India
2 days ago
- Hans India
Rachakonda police bust interstate drug racket; seize Hashish oil worth Rs.1.2 cr
Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Special Operation Teams LB Nagar zone along with Abdullapurmet police apprehended two interstate drug peddlers on Wednesday. Police seized 20 kg of Hashish oil worth Rs 1.20 crore. The police arrested Pangi Keshava Rao alias Kesha (40) of Ramaraju Dist. AP and Jairam Khemundu (26) of Koraput district, Odisha and seized 20 kg Hashish, three mobile phones and cash of Rs 870. According to police, both the accused were friends who got involved in drug trafficking to earn easy money. They were found to be procuring Hashish Oil from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, transporting it via Hyderabad to supply buyers in Bengaluru. Hyderabad was being used as a transit route. Rachakonda police commissioner G Sudheer Babu said that the investigation revealed that Krishna of Alluri Sita Ramaraju Dist., AP who is currently absconding, is the main source and a childhood friend of Keshava introduced him to the illicit drug trade, with a promise of huge profits. Jairam later became acquainted with Krishna and joined the illegal activity. The accused Keshava had been previously arrested in a NDPS case by Anakapally Town Police, Andhra Pradesh. The accused persons were purchasing Hashish Oil at a low price and selling it to buyers in Bangalore for huge profits, nearly 10 times the procurement rate. It is learnt that approximately 35 to 40 kg of Ganja is used for making 1 kg of Hashish Oil. 'Two days prior to the arrest, a buyer from Bengaluru placed an order for 20 kg of Hash Oil to the accused. Accordingly, both the accused persons procured the 20 kg of Hashish Oil from Krishna at Hukumpeta, Alluri Sita Ramaraju District of Andhra Pradesh and reached the outskirts of Hyderabad to sell the Hashish Oil to a Bangalore-based party,' said Sudheer Babu.
Time of India
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Reality show winner Rakesh Poojary dies after collapsing at Mehendi function in Karnataka
(Credit- Instagram) MANGALURU: Rakesh Poojary , 34, winner of a Kannada reality show and actor in Kannada and Tulu films, died after collapsing at a friend's Mehendi function in Miyar in the early hours of Monday. Preliminary reports suggest the actor, a native of Tonse, Malpe, collapsed while conversing with friends at the event . A cardiac arrest is suspected to be the cause of death. Karkala Town Police said an Unnatural Death Report (UDR) is being registered, and further investigation is ongoing.
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Time of India
1.6kg of MDMA seized in drug busts in Palakkad, three held
Palakkad: In the biggest MDMA haul reported in Kerala in the past three years, excise and police officers seized 1.6kg of the narcotic and arrested three people in two separate drug busts in Palakkad on seized 600 grams of MDMA from the KSRTC bus station premises on Tuesday morning and arrested two Pattambi natives—Illias and Fahad Alavi. Later the same day, a major seizure of one kilogram of MDMA was made at the Walayar toll plaza during a vehicle inspection. The accused, 26-year-old Deekshith U of Nandikkara in Thrissur, was travelling on a KSRTC bus from Coimbatore to Irinjalakuda with the substance in his his arrest, excise officers raided Deekshith's residence in Irinjalakuda and seized one kilogram of ganja and an additional 10 grams of MDMA. According to police, Deekshith confessed that he purchased the MDMA from Bengaluru for Rs 3 lakh, travelled to Coimbatore, and then boarded a bus to Irinjalakuda. He allegedly sold MDMA at rates ranging from Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 per gram."The seizure of 1 kg of MDMA is the largest drug haul reported in the state in the past three years, second only to the 1.5 kg recovered from a passenger at Kochi airport," said a police officer. A case has been registered under the relevant sections of the NDPS Act and further investigation is in a separate incident in Kozhikode, four youths—including two women—were arrested after 27 grams of MDMA were found in their vehicle during a police raid on Monday night. Acting on a tip-off, the anti-narcotics squad and Town Police intercepted the car at Kozhikode Beach. The arrested have been identified as Amar P (31) and Vaishnavi M K (27) from Kannur, Wahid T K (38) from Kuttiyadi, and Athira V K (30) from to police, the group regularly transported drugs from Kannur to Kozhikode, delivering them directly to clients. To avoid suspicion, women were included in the operation. Amar, the main accused, is a former electronics store manager, while Athira worked in event management in Kannur and Kozhikode.
