Hyderabad hospital CEO caught buying cocaine worth ₹5 lakh, arrested

The Raidurgam police arrested the doctor, along with the delivery person, and seized from them 53 grams of cocaine, ₹10,000 cash, and two cell phones.

Updated on: Jun 12, 2025, 13:14:17 IST

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Two people, including a 34-year-old female doctor were taken into custody here after 53 grams of cocaine was seized from their possession, police said.

The woman doctor ordered the drug from a person (supplier) from Mumbai, police said. (AFP File)

According to news agency PTI, based on credible information, a team of Raidurgam police caught the doctor and the man when he was handing over to her a packet of cocaine in the doctor's car near a restaurant on May 8.

She had ordered the drugs from the Mumbai-based supplier, identified as Vansh Dhakkar, over WhatsApp and paid ₹5 lakh for it on May 4.

When Dhakkar's aide Balakrishna was delivering the drugs, that's when the police caught hold of him and the doctor, NDTV reported.

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"A medical practitioner had ordered drugs from Vansh in Mumbai, who was known to her. A person called Balakrishna then came to supply (drugs) and handed them over to her at Raidurgam," senior police official Venkanna said.

He further said that along with 53 grams of cocaine, police also seized from them ₹10,000 cash and two cell phones.

Cases under relevant sections of the law have been registered against the accused, Venkanna said, adding that the duo have been sent to judicial custody.

The doctor, who was allegedly addicted to drugs, confessed during interrogation that she had spent around ₹70 lakhs on drugs over some time.

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According to a report from The Hindu, the police collected a sample of the cocaine and sent it to the Telangana Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for analysis and examination. The Raidurgam police are also looking for another person, who is allegedly a local peddler involved in the drug trade.

Recently, seizures made by the Mumbai unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have indicated that narcotics-trafficking syndicates are now using air routes to smuggle high-value contraband like cocaine.

From April 2024 to March 2025, the DRI's Mumbai unit seized more than 18 kilograms of foreign-origin cocaine estimated to be around ₹180 crore in 12 separate cases, HT reported.

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