Four held in Hyderabad for drug smuggling; darknet-sourced OG, LSD, mushrooms worth Rs 1.4 crore seized
The accused have been identified as Harshvardhan Shrivastava alias Harsh, B. Srinivasa Rahul alias Rahul, Abhishek, and Dhawal. According to the police, Harsh, from Madhya Pradesh, procured high-quality cannabis (OG) from the darknet marketplace 'Dread Market' using encrypted platforms like Signal. He acted as a middleman, purchasing OG at Rs 15,000 per ounce and selling it for Rs 25,000 through couriers like DTDC and Sri Thirupathi. Payments were made via cryptocurrency and hawala networks, funding his lavish lifestyle.
Rahul, an IT engineer from Chennai, started off as a consumer but later became a transporter, sourcing OG via Snapchat and supplying it to peddlers in Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru.
Abhishek, an IIIT-Raipur graduate, procured OG from Rahul and magic mushrooms from Harsh. He used Signal for communication and sent money via hawala. He supplied drugs to Dhawal in Secunderabad and to other customers, earning profits by selling at higher prices.
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