The EAGLE force, Telangana’s Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement, arrested two people in Bachupally under the Cyberabad Commissionerate.[1] The operation took place on 17 October, weeks before the article was published.[1] The arrests took place in an open area opposite Mamatha Hospital in Bachupally.[1]

Officers seized 6.2 grams of MDMA, 5.83 grams of dry ganja, a pocket-sized weighing machine and two iPhones.[1]

During preliminary questioning the two named Manikanta, a Bachupally resident, as their supplier of MDMA and ganja.[1] They said they had met through a common friend at the Elysian Snooker Club in Bachupally.[1]

The EAGLE force said one of the accused, Dinesh Kumar, had entered the ganja trade in 2024 to cover personal expenses, buying the drug cheaply and selling it at higher prices.[1] The other accused was a 24-year-old man originally from Uttar Pradesh who, investigators said, began using ganja during his degree and later joined the trade with Dinesh Kumar and another associate, JN Suhas, because of financial difficulties.[1]