World · South & Central Asia · 8 hrs ago
Goa-based supplier arrested as Hyderabad police probe suspected drug network
Telangana police and Hyderabad officers arrested Custodio Fernandes, a supplier from Calangute in Goa, in a narcotics investigation.
The case began after police seized MDMA and charas in May from a man accused of selling drugs in Hyderabad.
Investigators say he told police he had bought drugs from Fernandes and another supplier.
They are now examining bank credits of about ₹48.4 lakh and the possibility that associates travelled from Goa to Hyderabad to deliver drugs and deposit cash.
More than 25 people from Telangana have been identified through financial checks, but police say their involvement has not been established.
Investigators are also checking phone contacts and the suspected role of a Nigerian national identified as Nigi.
The investigation is continuing, including checks on the money, possible customers and people suspected of handling deliveries.
A Goa-based supplier wanted in a Hyderabad narcotics case has been arrested in a joint operation by Telangana’s EAGLE Force and Hyderabad police.
Investigators say bank accounts linked to the supplier received about ₹48.4 lakh, and they are checking whether the money is connected to drug transactions.
More than 25 people from Telangana have been identified for verification of their transactions and possible links to drug purchases.
The probe grew out of a May drug seizure in Punjagutta and is examining a suspected inter-State supply network involving online payments, cash deposits and deliveries.
Police say that appearing in the supplier’s phone records does not by itself establish drug use or criminal involvement.
- Who
- Custodio Fernandes, also known as Kristy, a Goa-based supplier, was arrested.
- What
- Telangana’s EAGLE Force and Hyderabad police apprehended him in a narcotics investigation.
- When
- The arrest date is not stated. The investigation began with a seizure on May 9.
- Where
- Fernandes was arrested in a joint operation; the place of arrest is not stated. The case is being investigated in Hyderabad, and Fernandes is from Calangute in North Goa.
- Why
- Investigators are probing a suspected drug supply network and financial transactions that may be linked to narcotics.
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R. Keshav Raj Singh travelled to Goa and bought MDMA and charas from Fernandes for about ₹40,000, according to investigators.
Punjagutta police apprehended Singh while he was attempting to sell drugs and seized MDMA and charas from his car.
Investigators followed disclosures and financial and phone records as they examined a suspected supply network.
Fernandes was apprehended in a joint operation by the EAGLE Force and Hyderabad police.
- Supplier
- Custodio Fernandes, also known as Kristy
- Bank-account credits under examination
- Approximately ₹48.4 lakh
- People identified for transaction checks
- More than 25 from Telangana
- Seizure
- 13 grams of MDMA and 7 grams of charas
- Initial purchase described by investigators
- About ₹40,000 of MDMA and charas
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