The Special Operations Teams (SOT) of Rachakonda nabbed seven drug peddlers in three cases and seized 1.5 kilograms of opium, 26 grams of heroin, 11 kilograms of marijuana and five kilograms of poppy straw from their possession.
In the first case, the SOT of Maheshwaram zone nabbed Lal Babu Kumar, 28, and Mohammed Mustaq, 26, while their contacts in Bihar, Pappu Kuswaha and Aslam, are absconding, said the officials. About 24 grams of heroin was seized from them at Shivaji Chowk in Balapur.
“They accused confessed that they hatched a plan to procure and sell the contraband in the city,” said the officials, adding that efforts are on to locate and apprehend Aslam and Pappu.
