The Special Task Force (STF) apprehended a person from West Bengal while he was allegedly selling heroin from a rented room in the Puppalguda-Narsingi area of Gandipet, Ranga Reddy district, Telangana, and seized 91 grams of the narcotic.

The accused, Anu S.K., had come to Hyderabad seeking employment as a construction supervisor. While working on construction projects in the HITEC City area, he came in contact with software engineers and began supplying them with heroin, police said.

According to the STF, Anu had been procuring heroin at a low price in West Bengal and bringing it to Hyderabad for the past five years. He would pack the drug in silver foil packets of one gram each and sell them to software employees for ₹5,000 to ₹10,000 a gram, depending on the demand.

Acting on information, the STF team apprehended Anu at his rented residence while he was engaged in selling heroin. The accused and the seized narcotic were handed over to the Gandipet Excise Station for further action.