Hyderabad: In a joint operation, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the Eagle Force team and the Shadnagar police arrested a peddler from Bengaluru and seized 241 grams of MDMA. On Sunday, the Eagle Force team, along with NCB officials, raided the residence of the accused, PV Rahul (24), at Dommasandra in Bengaluru and seized 25 grams of MDMA from his possession. Based on his confession, Eagle sleuths identified the ‘dead drop points’ of the contraband and recovered another 216 grams of MDMA in Bengaluru.According to Eagle sleuths, Rahul completed his BTech in 2024 and worked at a car showroom in Bengaluru for four months. During that period, he became acquainted with Arshlan, a drug consumer. Through Arshlan, Rahul started taking drugs and was introduced to a Nigerian drug peddler, Michael Johnson alias Honour.“Michael was deported three months ago, but he continues to operate a drug supply network in Bengaluru by taking orders from Nigeria. Since 2024, Rahul has been purchasing drugs from Michael at Rs 1,100 per gram and selling the same for Rs 2,000 per gram. Once Rahul makes an advance online payment to Michael, the latter’s associate dead-drops the contraband at a location in Bengaluru and shares the location with Rahul over WhatsApp,” said an Eagle Force official.On June 10, Eagle Force team arrested Rahul’s associate, Mohit, at Shadnagar and seized 20 grams of MDMA. On his confession, Eagle sleuths traced Rahul in Bengaluru and arrested him. “Every week, Rahul supplies 500 grams of MDMA to his customers and 800 grams of MDMA to Michael’s clients in Bengaluru. He earns around Rs 4.5 lakh every month,” an Eagle Force officer said, adding that the police have identified 10 consumers and peddlers in Telangana linked to Rahul.
