Hyderabad: Mira Bhayandar–Vasai Virar (MBVV) police’s raid at a factory in Cherlapalli’s Navodaya Colony led to the seizure of drugs with an estimated worth of Rs 12,000 crore and the arrest of the factory owner and his associate on Friday, September 5.
Police had previously arrested 10 people in connection to the case. According to reports, the drug racket came to light with the arrest of a Bangladeshi woman on August 8.
The woman, identified as Fatima Murad Shaikh alias Mollah (23) was arrested by the MBVV’s crime branch team and 105 grams of mephedrone (MD) was seized from her possession.
A case was registered against her on August 8, under sections 8 (a), 21 (a), 22 (a), 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and sections 3, and 21 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025.
During the preliminary investigation, 178 gm MD (Mephedrone), Rs 23,97,000 in cash, and other valuables were recovered from her possession.
After interrogating the woman, police were able to nab 9 more accused. Finally the investigation led Crime Detection Branch, Cell-4, inspector Pramod Badakh and his team to Telangana, where they uncovered a major drug racket operating under the name Vagdevi Labs in Hyderabad’s Cherlapally.
The owner of the factory, Srinivas Vijay Murthy Voleti and his accomplice, Tanaji Pandharinath Patwari have also been arrested by the police and 5 kg 790 grams of MD, 35,500 litres of chemicals, 950 kg powder and other materials required for manufacturing MD have also been from their possession seized during the raid carried-out on September 5.
The police also seized 27 mobile phones, 3 four-wheelers, a two-wheeler, and 4 electric scales used by the accused.
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