Arrest of duo with 20 kg consignment uncovers inter-State hashish oil network
The accused, Pangi Keshava Rao, 40 from Alluri Sitarama Raju district in Andhra Pradesh and Jayaram Khemundu, 26 from Koraput district, Odisha, were picked up from outside a hotel near the Outer Ring Road in Pedda Amberpet by the LB Nagar Special Operations Team (SOT) and Abdullapurmet police.
The seized hashish oil, valued at ₹1.2 crore, was sourced from a man identified as Krishna, 30, also a native of Alluri Sitarama Raju district, who is currently absconding.
Police said Keshava Rao, a farmer, and Khemundu, a tree cutter and civil contractor, were drawn into the drug trade by the lure of easy profits. 'They were procuring hashish oil from Krishna and selling it in Bengaluru for nearly 10 times the cost price. Hyderabad was being used as a key transit point,' said Rachakonda Commissioner of Police G. Sudheer Babu.
Investigators found that Krishna, a childhood friend of Rao, had previously introduced him to the narcotics trade while Khemundu joined in later. Rao had already been arrested by the Anakapalli Town police in a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act case.
According to the police, two days before the arrest, a Bengaluru-based buyer had placed an order for 20 kilogram of hashish oil. Rao and Khemundu collected the consignment in Hukumpeta and travelled to the outskirts of Hyderabad to meet the buyer.
Acting on a tip-off, the SOT and local police laid a trap and caught the duo red-handed. Apart from the hash oil, police recovered three mobile phones and ₹870 in cash. Efforts are on to trace Krishna and the Bengaluru buyer.
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