Hyderabad: The IB alert about IS terror strikes put the police in search mode on Tuesday. The south zone police raided two places in the old city and took several people into custody including Myanmar refugees.
Old criminals and suspects were rounded up during the early morning search. Senior police officials said the check was aimed at detecting sleeper cells.
However, cops have not found any terror suspect so far. Police also raided a beef cold storage in Ghouse Nagar. The police seized the beef as the shop could not produce any documents showing permission from authorities.
Hundreds of cops raided Kanchan Bagh, Santhosh Nagar, Hafeez Baba Nagar and Ghouse Nagar after closing all entry and exit points.
Police rounded up 67 Myanmar nationals too. “48 of them had UNHCR cards and the remaining 19 are awaiting the cards,” DCP V. Satyanarayana said.
Police also took 12 Assamese into custody and recorded their fingerprints. Chandrayangutta police rounded up 40 people to check their backgrounds.
Another police team raided a godown and manufacturing unit of pan masala in Ismail Nagar and seized a huge quantity of pan masala and gutka.
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