HYDERABAD: After recent seizure of one kg Opium and 56 grams of Heroin in Hyderabad, State government officials have sent an alert to Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) about the case.At a convergence meeting held in July at Excise office in Nampally, IB officials cautioned Excise department’s sleuths that sale of narcotics and arms trade might be interconnected and asked State officials to send information about all drugs seizures in TS.
“When we catch a person for selling drugs and narcotics, we might think his illegal activities are just limited to drugs. However, they might be involved in arms trade too. So, we send alerts to IB who connect the dots,” sources in the Excise department said.
On Sunday, Excise department’s State Task Force caught an inter-State gang of two, who were trying to sell one kg opium and 56 gms Heroin in Hyderabad. The duo from Rajasthan bought narcotics from there, and planned to sell it in Hyderabad. STF officials said that the gang of two sold the drugs in other States too. The duo Aajna Dasharath Gayeri, Ramesh Chand Gayeri, are in judicial custody.