Metro India News | hyderabad

The Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TGANB) and Hyderabad City Police apprehended two accused persons, who were involved in illegal sale of intoxicating Vapes and banned e-Cigarettes in Abids and other parts of Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh.  

Apprehended persons identified as Sadiq Lalani and his brother Anil Lalani, residents of Nampally in Hyderabad. Police said that some teachers noticed the selling of e-cigarettes and vapes in and around the educational institutions at Abids. Then the TGANB kept surveillance at schools and colleges at Abids and caught the accused persons.

Police said that they are selling Vapes and banned e-Cigarettes to the youth as well as to the school going minor children by creating a WhatsApp group with nearly 500 people in the name of ‘SID’ and advertising the new production if any arrived in this group. Seeing these advertisements, the group members will purchase by making online payments. Further it is also established that Amit, resident of New Delhi and Waseem, resident of Mumbai are supplying the e-Cigarettes to these accused persons. The both brothers are utilizing the services of Hawala operators Mangi Ramji Goutham, resident of Hyderabad and C R Sharma to send money if it is greater than Rs 50,000. They also used Rapido, Uber and DTDC to deliver these e-Cigarettes, said police.

13 juvenile students below the age of 18 years have been identified along with their phone numbers. Local Police would be visiting their houses and counselling their parents. Besides this, we have positively identified more than 400 users, who are a part of this group from the UPI, Wallet, Bhim, Bank Transactions and replies received from Rapido, Uber and DTDC Couriers, said police.