Four Held At Indira Park Selling Opium

The Commissioner's Task Force on Tuesday nabbed four persons who were indulging in drug trafficking near Indira Park and seized 8 kg of opium and four cell phones from their possession.

The accused were identified as D V V Satyanarayana alias Srinu, 26, a driver residing at Nalipudi village under Shankavaram mandal of East Godavari district; Netala Rabbi alias Krupakar, 30, of Old Alwal, Secunderabad, and native of Kakinada; Y Srihari Krishana, 37, residing at Mehdipatnam and native of NTR Street, Tadepalligudam, West Godavari district; and A Ravi Prakash, 43, of Bandamaisamma Nagar, Indira Park, and native of Kurnool.

Police said that Satyanarayana, a DCM driver transporting vegetables and coconuts from East Godavari to Hyderabad, also started selling opium to make easy money. He used to purchase the opium from a poppy cultivator in Gangavaram in East Godavari district. Netala Rabbi came into contact with him and volunteered to sell the opium for a handsome commission. Rabbi also discussed the same with his friends Y Srihari Krishana and A Ravi Prakesh and explained to them how huge the profits in the drugs business were.

The four were trying to sell opium at Indira Park to customers on Tuesday. On a tip-off, the Central Zone Task Force team rushed to the spot and nabbed them. The accused, along with the seized opium, were handed over to the Gandhi Nagar Police Station.