Four held with banned drug injections in joint H-NEW, Chaderghat police operation

The Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) and the Chaderghat police arrested four local drug peddlers on Saturday and seized 74 bottles of Mephentermine Sulphate injections, along with four mobile phones, all valued at ₹1.28 lakh.

Those arrested were identified as Mohd. Imran Ali alias Kala Imran, 32, a history-sheeter at Chaderghat police station and resident of Old Malakpet, Ranga Shanker Goud, 65, who runs a medical and general store in Barkatpura, Dharamkar Ritesh Kumar, 32, an employee at Apollo Pharmacy, Kachiguda, and his younger brother Dharamkar Mohit Kumar, 31, a finance recovery agent from Kachiguda.

An officer from H-NEW said that Imran, who dropped out of college and developed an addiction to Mephentermine Sulphate, sourced the injections from an inter-state peddler in Delhi and sold them at inflated prices in Hyderabad. He also procured supplies locally from Ritesh Kumar and Mohit Kumar, who in turn obtained the drug through Shanker Goud’s medical store.

Investigators revealed that the accused were selling the injections without prescriptions, exploiting the demand for quick money. “Imran, a habitual offender, has multiple criminal cases against him in Chaderghat, Sultan Bazar, and Jubilee Hills police stations, and maintains a rowdy sheet,” the officer said.

A case has been registered with the Chaderghat police under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act. The main inter-state supplier is absconding.