More Held For Possessing Cocaine At Banjara Hills

Sleuths of Commissioner's Task Force, in a joint operation with the Banjara Hills police, apprehended six persons, including two Nigerian nationals, in front of the Ohri's restaurants complex on Road No 12, Banjara Hills, while they were trying to sell cocaine, and seized 300 grams of the drug, 42 grams of MDMA / Ecstasy pills, five LSD stamps/biscuits, 11 LSA drug seeds, one Nissan Sunny, two weighing machines and nine cell phones from their possession.

The accused were identified as Chika Ohycowusi alias Jack, 37, a native of Nigeria and residing at Saligao, Goa; Lucky Bongani, 32, a student residing at Friends Apartments, Alkapuri township, Manikonda; N Raghu Vamshidar Reddy, 24, residing at Jaya Nagar, Kukatpally; Abhinav Mahender, 29, residing at Road No. 8, Dhana Laxmi Colony, Mahendra Hills, Secunderabad; V Mallikarjun Rao, 29, of Venkata Ramana Colony, behind KPHB 9th phase, Kukatpally; and Christopher H H Giddens, 46, residing at Whitefield, Bangalore.

Based on the confession of Ohycowusi, the North Zone Task Force team apprehended the accused Lucky Bongani beside Reliance Mart, Tolichowki, and recovered cocaine and MDMA from his possession.

Further investigations are being conducted to unearth their network with other local and foreign drug dealers.