Cops’ Sons Held In Drug Racket
The role of the son of another police officer working in Intelligence department is also being probed by the investigators
Hyderabad: The anti-nacrotics Eagle team, in coordination with Cyberabad police, arrested Pallepaka Mohan, son of an additional superintendent of police, for his role in the Kompally drug racket. Another police officer’s son was also arrested in the case.
Police also confirmed that they had arrested Rahul Teja, son of an intelligence officer, due to his links to the case. A senior official confirmed his arrest and said that he would soon be remanded. Further investigation into the incident is underway, and more arrests are planned as financial flows and courier channel links are being investigated.
Authorities confirmed that multiple Nigerian nationals, allegedly involved in trafficking cocaine and MDMA, will be deported following the crackdown.
The prime accused, A. Surya, a BTech and MBA graduate and owner of Malnadu Restaurant, was the first to be arrested during a raid in Kompally. Police seized cocaine, ecstasy pills and OG Kush (weed) from Surya, hidden in a woman’s sandal heel and packed in a courier box sent from Delhi under the alias ‘Fatima’ via Shree Maruthi Courier.
Based on Surya’s confession, officials tracked down several key players in the network. The supply chain reportedly spanned Delhi, Mumbai, Goa and Hyderabad. Surya named Mohan, Harsha, Sandeep Juvvadi from Karimnagar and five Nigerian nationals—Nick, Jerry, Dezmond, Stanley and Prince—as his regular suppliers.
According to police, Mohan had been on the police radar for some time for allegedly serving as a key link between Nigerian suppliers and elite clients in Hyderabad. He is believed to have colluded with courier handlers to receive drug consignments and facilitated distribution among high-end users. He was formally arrested on Sunday and produced before the court.
Police said Harsha was introduced to drugs during an internship in Goa and began sourcing substances from other cities. He allegedly served as a conduit between traffickers and Hyderabad’s student and pub-going communities. Financial records showed Surya had transferred `1.39 lakh and `41,000 to Nick’s accounts through his company “Ternion Hospitality,” which had previously acquired a restaurant in Madhapur.
Surya also named upscale pubs such as Prism, Farm Pub, Block 22, Bird Box and Broadway as venues where he regularly consumed cocaine. Pub owners, gym trainers, techies, doctors and businessmen were also mentioned as consumers.
Cyberabad police confirmed that the Nigerian nationals linked to the courier-driven network will be deported. A case has been registered under the NDPS Act.