Drug racket busted, 50 LSD blots seized from five youths in Visakhapatnam
The Hindu
Accused planning to supply the synthetic drugs to some consumers in Visakhapatnam and Chitrakoot in Odisha, say police
In a major catch, the Anti-Narcotic Cell of the City Task Force (CTF), in coordination with the city police, busted a drug racket and arrested five youths, for allegedly being involved in peddling of drugs under the IV Town Police Station limits, here on Saturday night.
The police teams have seized 50 Lysergic Acid Diethyl Amide(LSD) blots and 4.4 grams of white powder, which is suspected to be MDMA. This apart, five mobile phones and a car were also seized from them.
The police found that the accused were planning to supply these synthetic drugs to some unidentified consumers from Visakhapatnam and Chitrakoot in Odisha, on the eve of Friendship Day.
The arrested were identified as P. Ravi Kumar (23) of NAD Kotha Road, who completed ITI and is a private employee, O. Vasu Deva Katanya (32) of Gopalapatnam, a B. Tech graduate, M. Mojesh (25) of Seethampeta, A.Y Kishore (26) from 104 Area, a B. Tech graduate, M. Sandeep (28) from Marripalem, who has completed B. Com., and owns a travel company.
Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Police Commissioner Ch. Srikanth said that Ravi Kumar used to sell ganja to his friend named Dilip, who is yet to be arrested in Goa. Once he was arrested by the Goa police, while he was in illegal possession of ganja. After release from jail, he made a deal with Dilip to sell drugs in Visakhaptnam due to financial problems, Mr. Srikanth said.
During March this year, he had allegedly collected six LSD blots from Dilip in Goa and sold them to Dilip’s friends at NAD area for Holi festival. He had concealed the LSD blots in cigarette packets, Mr. Srikanth said. On the eve of Friendship Day, Dilip has reportedly asked Ravi to sell LSD blots to his friends in Visakhapatnam and has sent 50 LSD blots.
Based on credible information, the CTF teams arrested Ravi Kumar and the other accused, who were allegedly helping him.
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