Hyderabad: Rs 8.5 cr worth drugs seized, three including police constable held

He has been doing business from his Goud Laboratories at Jeedimetla for the last five years. “He took the help of his brother-in-law Ramakrishna, who is a police constable, to sell the drugs in and around Hyderabad and made huge profits. The police constable has misused his official position to avoid the local police in police checking,” the DCP added

Linga and Ramakrishna used to sell the drugs to local toddy shops for a profit. Initially, Linga used to pay a commission to Ramakrishna for his assistance in selling the drug but later Ramakrishna started to sell the drugs on his own to his contacts.

Police are on the lookout for another accused, Kiran, who works at a pharmaceutical company in Vijayawada and helped Linga prepare Alprazolam. “Kiran would make the drug and send it through his driver Vinod from Vijayawada to Hyderabad. He did this for a commission from Linga,” said police.

Based on a tipoff, the special operations team (SOT), Balanagar zone, and Petbasheerabad police conducted raids at the Jeedimetla facility of Linga Goud and caught him along with Vinod red-handed while shifting 139 kg Alprazolam drug, police said. On Linga’s confession, police nabbed Ramakrishna and seized 1 kg Alprazolam from his residence.