4.9 kgs of mephedrone seized by Excise teams
The Hindu
Youth who allegedly supplied the drug to people and provided space to consume it arrested
A raid conducted in a flat at Kukatpally, which was turned into a spot where people used to consume narcotics, has led to the seizure of 4.9 kg of mephedrone by the Telangana Prohibition and Excise department’s Medchal team on Saturday. The strong narcotic also called as ‘M-Cat’, ‘Meow Meow’, is sold at around ₹ 2,000 to ₹ 4,000 per gram. Mephedrone was seized in the State after a long time.
Medchal Assistant Excise Superintendent J Jeevan Kiran said they suspect that the narcotic was being manufactured in a sick pharma unit, and that two suppliers S K Reddy and B Hanmanth Reddy are absconding.
The Excise department’s Medchal District Task Force (DTF) team conducted raids in Kukatpally, Ibrahimpatnam, and Nagarkurnool to seize the drug. Excise officials received information that youngsters were consuming drugs in a flat in Kukatpally. The apartment is located in a dead end, beside a nala where a thick stench of sewage emanates.