Hyderabad: Notorious human and drug trafficker Sofin Abbas Patel was apprehended by the Cyberabad anti-human trafficking unit (AHTU) and the Madhapur team on 26 April. The arrest comes following the significant prostitution ring that the Cyberabad police busted in December 2022, during which time about 60 traffickers were detained.
Sofin Abbas Patel, the son of Abbas Patel, was detained in Gachibowli as part of a combined operation. He is 38 years old, resides in the High-Class Residency in Patil Nagar Bavdhan, Pune, and works at the Savera Sardar community in Tarabai Park, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. He was apprehended with 8 grams of MDMA.
Sofin supplied drugs and women to Adheem alias Arnav, one of the prostitution ringleaders who was arrested in December 2022.