Hyderabad, March 4 || Hyderabad city police, in a joint operation with Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW), arrested a foreign drug peddler and his associate and seized MMDA from them.
Acting on credible information, the police and H-NEW conducted the joint operation and arrested Al-Aqar Abdurabu Mohammed Abdurabu, a Yemeni national and his assistant, Hasan W. A. Hashem, a Palestinian, within the limits of Rajendra Nagar Police Station.
Police seized 150 grams of MDMA, a knife and four mobile phones, all worth Rs 25 lakh, from their possession.
A case under the NDPS Act, 1985 and section 14 of the Foreigners Act was registered against them.
The 37-year-old Abdurabu was residing in the Tolichowki area in Hyderabad and was previously involved in six cases registered under the NDPS Act at various police stations in the city.
He was arrested in six cases registered between 2019 and 2022, and was absconding in two cases registered in 2023 and 2026.
His associate, Hasan Hashem, 28, is a ludo game content creator and was residing in Bengaluru.
He was previously involved in a case registered under the NDPS Act and the Foreigners Act in 2022 at Yelahanka New Town, Bengaluru.