Hyderabad: The special task force of the excise department on Friday seized 460.5 kg of Alprazolam worth Rs 4.6 crore and arrested the producer. One manufacturer and two suppliers are still at large.
Speaking at a press conference in the city, SY Qureshi, deputy commissioner, said that the arrest was made on a credible information by the special team, led by assistant commissioners J. Hari Kishan and K. Pavan Kumar, which conducted the raids on CPR Life Sciences, located in the Pashamailaram industrial area near Patancheru.
They seized 10.5 kg of Alprazolam. “Following the arrest of the manufacturer, C. Siddarth Reddy, a raid was carried out on a godown at Vivekananda Nagar in Kukatpally and 450 kg of Alprazolam were confiscated,” he said.
The police said that Siddarth Reddy’s father, CP Reddy, was the mastermind behind the syndicate and two persons Kalyan Ram and Selva Kumar were supplying Alprazolam to toddy shops across the state.
“One of the absconding persons, Selva Kumar, is reported to be in Singapore. Special teams have been set up to nab the other two accused. Siddharth Reddy and his father are chemical engineers by profession and established the Alprazolam manufacturing facility on the instruction of Srisailam Goud, who was arrested earlier. We have registered two cases,” assistant commissioner, Hari Kishan said.
