Vizag police seize 7,000 sedative injections, arrest 8 persons

Visakhapatnam: The Visakhapatnam police, during a raid conducted in several places in the city on Thursday, arrested eight persons, including a few from West Bengal, and seized over 7,000 Pentazocine injections, which are used as psychotropic substances.

The city police also formed special teams to nab some inter-state peddlers and suppliers of the injections.

Giving details of the raid, commissioner of police Dr. C.M. Thrivikram Varma said based on credible information, the Two-Town police nabbed three persons—Boda Srinu, Boda Laxmi, and Golla Venkata Sai—at a lodge near Allipuram locality in the city and seized Pentazocine lactate injection of 2,050 ampules (41 boxes), 21 kgs of dry cannabis, four mobile phones, and Rs. 7,000 cash from them.

The trio procured the injections from Durga Prasad, a resident of Kharagpur in West Bengal, and sold the injections to youngsters, the commissioner added.

In another incident, the police seized Pentazocine lactate injection of 2,100 ampules (42 boxes), 21 kgs of dry ganja, three mobile phones, and nabbed three persons—K. Hari Padma Raghava, P. Ravi, and Kata Chireanjeevi—at a dilapidated railway quarters near Allipuram in the city. The trio procured the injections from Bimal Kandewal.

Similarly, the Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) arrested Guntu Umamahesh and Bevara Venkatesh and seized Pentazocine lactate injection of 3,100 ampules from the duo at Seethammadhara and Pendurthy localities in the city.

The CP said the accused have been using various sources in parts of Odisha and West Bengal to procure them. In most of the cases, the peddler procure injection for around Rs. 40 per injection and sell them at Rs. 60 to Rs. 300 each based on the orders and demand.