Hyderabad Police Bust Heroin Ring Linked to West Bengal Supplier

The Special Task Force (STF) of Hyderabad made a dramatic arrest on a quiet afternoon in the Puppalguda‑Narsingi neighbourhood of Gandipet, Ranga Reddy district. The man they pulled off the couch was a native of West Bengal, identified in police records as Anu S.K., and he was caught red‑handed while attempting to sell heroin.

According to officials, the seized narcotic weighed 91 grams – a modest amount in the grand scheme, but enough to fetch roughly ₹9 lakh on the street. The drugs were packed in tiny silver‑foil sachets, each containing a gram, a method the suspect allegedly used to keep the parcels inconspicuous.

Police say Anu had been shuttling the drug into Hyderabad for the past five years. He would procure heroin at a low price back in West Bengal, then make the long trek to the city, where he marketed it primarily to software engineers working in the bustling HITEC City corridor. The price per gram varied between ₹5,000 and ₹10,000, depending on demand – a lucrative niche, they noted.

Investigators learned that the dealer had initially come to Hyderabad seeking a job as a construction supervisor. While on site, he befriended a few IT professionals, and the relationship soon turned into a clandestine supply line. Over time, his rented room in Puppalguda‑Narsingi became a makeshift distribution hub.

Acting on a tip‑off, the STF swooped in, arresting Anu in the very room where he was allegedly handling the narcotics. Both the suspect and the 91‑gram haul were handed over to the Gandipet Excise Station for further legal action.

The bust underscores a growing concern among law‑enforcement agencies: the infiltration of drug networks into tech‑savvy urban hubs, where high‑earning professionals become both buyers and, inadvertently, promoters. Authorities have pledged to step up surveillance and curb such illicit operations before they spread further.