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Naveen Kumar

Drug bust in Hyderabad: Tollywood director and Nigerian nationals from Bengaluru in the net

Chasing the lead from an earlier drug bust in a service apartment in Madhapur, the Telangana State Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TSNAB) has reportedly nabbed three Nigerian nationals from Bengaluru and a Tollywood film director among others. Officials seized  50 gm of MDMA, 24 ecstasy pills and eight gm of cocaine from the accused.

Meanwhile, Director of TSNAB and Commissioner of Hyderabad City Police, C.V. Anand said that Tollywood actor Navdeep Pallapolu, producer Ravi Uppalapati and owners of city based pubs are absconding in the case.

The three Nigerian nationals, identified as Amobi Chukwudi Muonagolu, 29, Igbawre Micheal, 32, and Thomas Anagha Kalu, 49, were picked up from Bengaluru. Other suspected drug peddlers, including Devarakonda Suresh Rao, 35, a sales manager of a start up in Gachibowli; Kolli Ramchand, 37, who runs a plant nursery; Kurapati Sandeep, 35, a marketing manager of a software firm; film director Anugu Sushanth Reddy, 36, and businessman Pagalla Srikar Krishna Praneeth, 32, were nabbed from Hyderabad.

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