An Indiramma house at Bahadurpally, Dundigal, had reportedly become a ganja distribution network and a place for ganja addicts.[1][2] The Telangana EAGLE Force carried out a surprise raid on the house.[1][2] The search operation was conducted at Block No. 27 in Indiramma Colony late Thursday night.[1] Five people were arrested in the operation.[1][2] The arrested were Thakur Kishan Singh (25), a cab driver, Mani Raj (32), Pradeep (21), Karthik (25) and Rajput Pavan Kumar, who were taken into custody.[1][2] Urine screening tests found four of the five positive for THC, while Pavan Kumar tested negative.[3] Police registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act against the five apprehended.[1][2]
Officers seized around four grams of marijuana in the raid.[3] Kishan Singh, whose family owns the vacant Indiramma housing unit, confessed that he procured ganja from Aravind and sold it in packets of four grams at Rs 400 to friends and Rs 500 to customers.[1][2] He has been a ganja addict for three years.[1] He named Ajay and Mahesh as his suppliers.[1] The accused said he procured marijuana from 22-year-old Aravind, a native of Maharashtra reportedly staying in Bahadurpally, buying packets of around four grams for Rs 400 and selling them for Rs 500.[3] Police recovered a list of 24 people believed to be his customers from him.[1] Investigators are working to trace the suspected suppliers, verify the list of 24 consumers and establish the wider supply network.[3] Kishan Singh was previously booked for the same crime at the same police station.[1]
