Ecstasy bust near Miyapur Metro exposes Goa-Mumbai-Hyderabad drug trail
Hyderabad police and EAGLE apprehended a man with 14 ecstasy pills near Miyapur Metro Station, uncovering an interstate drug supply trail.
A 29-year-old man was apprehended near Miyapur Metro Station in Hyderabad with 14 ecstasy pills, in a case that investigators say points to an interstate drug supply network linking Goa, Mumbai and Hyderabad.
The Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE), working with Miyapur police, took Pola Suresh Gopi into custody and seized the pills, which contain MDMA and weigh about nine grams, along with two mobile phones.
Gopi, a native of Miryalaguda in Nalgonda district who currently lives in Hyderabad, moved to Goa in July 2024 and took up the rental-property business. Investigators allege that during his stay there he came into contact with people involved in narcotics sales and began procuring drugs for acquaintances, selling them at higher prices.
The investigation has identified two alleged suppliers — one Baba in Goa and Danish Alam Ansari of Mumbai — both of whom are absconding. Police said Gopi initially bought drugs from Baba through cash transactions in Goa, and later came into contact with Ansari, who would visit Goa to sell drugs.
The immediate trail to Hyderabad began about 10 days before his apprehension, when two acquaintances in the city allegedly approached him for ecstasy pills. Investigators said Gopi travelled to Mumbai on September 16 and bought 29 ecstasy pills from Ansari for ₹22,500, paying by bank transfer, at ₹750 per pill.
He allegedly sold 15 of the pills in Mumbai to an acquaintance identified only as 'Munna', a Goa resident, and kept the remaining 14. He then boarded a private bus from Nerul in Mumbai and travelled to Hyderabad with the pills, allegedly intending to supply them here.
Acting on information, EAGLE personnel and Miyapur police intercepted him near Miyapur Metro Station and recovered the pills.
Investigators are examining his two mobile phones and other evidence to identify those allegedly involved in procuring, transporting and distributing the drug, as well as customers and financial transactions linked to the network.
A case has been registered at Miyapur police station under relevant provisions of the NDPS Act. Efforts are under way to trace Baba and Ansari and to establish the full extent of the interstate supply chain.