International Drug Peddlers Held In City, 1 Crore Worth Items Seized

On a tip-off, the TS-NAB along with H-NEW and the Banjara Hills police today apprehended three international drug peddlers and one local offender who were in possession of cocaine and MDMA.

The police seized 100 gram of cocaine, 300 gram of MDMA and five cell phones, worth Rs 1 crore cumulatively, from their possession.

The arrested were identified as Agbowo Maxwell Nnabuisi alias Kweku Essuman Kwame, 37, resident of Bangalore and native of Nigeria; Okeke Chigozie Blessing, 32, residing in Tripur of Tamil Nadu and native of Nigeria; Ikem Austin Obaka alias Kingsley alias John, 41, resident of Bangalore and native of Nigeria; P Sai Akesh, 25, residing in flat no 502, Naimisan Apartments, Sri Nagar Colony, Hyderabad; M Sanjay Sunil Kumar, 27, residing in Thrissur of Kerala (arrested), and Tumma Bhanu Teja Reddy, 23, residing at Alkapuri, Manikonda.

A Mazee, a resident of Bangalore and a native of Nigeria, is absconding.

Sunil Kumar and Bhanu Teja Reddy were arrested by the Banjara Hills police even earlier.

The seized material was handed over to the SHO, Banjara Hills Police Station, for further investigation in the case.

The arrests were made by Inspector P Rajesh, Sub-Inspector G S Daniel and the staff of H-NEW along with the Banjara Hills police, under the supervision of Sunitha Reddy, the SP of TS-NAB.