Overview
- Bengaluru police arrested Tariq Iqbal and Mohammed Arbaz and recovered 3.2 kg of MDMA valued at about ₹3.5 crore, along with a scooter and mobile phones.
- Officers said the Bengaluru stash was concealed by burying packets in a Hosur Road burial ground, with an initial 2.48 kg haul followed by a 720 g seizure after a second arrest.
- Cyberabad police and the EAGLE force apprehended Rajender alias Raju Bhakar in Hyderabad with 200 g of MDMA and 60 g of opium worth roughly ₹15 lakh.
- Investigators in the Hyderabad case say suppliers in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are on the run, and several consumers, including an employee of the Hyderabad Police Commissionerate, have been identified.
- Officials noted the seized MDMA exceeded the commercial-quantity threshold and cited a street price near ₹5,000 per gram, with sales targeting New Year partygoers and migrant worker networks.