Hyderabad, Nov 9 Telangana’s anti-narcotics unit–EAGLE Force has apprehended a 30-year-old Bangladeshi woman and her live-in partner and seized one gram of synthetic drug from their house here.
The EAGLE Force got an information that the Bangladeshi woman had travelled from Goa with drugs, a release from Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Force said.
On the information, the EAGLE Force along with Raidurgam Police of Cyberabad Commissionerate recently raided her house and apprehended her and her live-in partner, a resident of Hyderabad, and on search found one gram of synthetic drug.
A case was registered at Raidurgam Police Station and further investigation is in progress, it said adding the drug supplier from Goa is absconding.
The woman, a native of Dhaka, who had been frequently visiting India since 2021 had been allegedly involved in prostitution and drug peddling, the release said.
“During COVID, she lost her job in garment industry and was facing financial problems. To overcome her financial problems, she travelled to India on a tourist VISA for seeking employment in December 2021. After arriving in India, she couldn’t find any proper employment and contacted a person of Uttar Pradesh, whom she had be-friended over social media,” it said.
The person from UP “exploited” her vulnerable situation and lured her of high income by resorting to prostitution and since then, she had been indulging in “prostitution” by travelling to different cities in the country, it said.
The woman, got introduced to one client, a software employee based in Hyderabad and they became close and from 2022 she had been staying with him and a relationship developed between them.
“Out of love towards her, he even visited Bangladesh to meet her and her parents. Coming to know about their relationship, his wife got separated from him. The Bangladeshi woman and the Hyderabad man started to live together. While living with him, she continued to engage in prostitution without his knowledge. She visited her customers during his office hours. In the process of prostitution, she got addicted to consuming synthetic drug,” it said.
She came in contact with one person identified as Akash of Goa and regularly purchasing synthetic drug from him. He is supplying the drug to her at Goa and Hyderabad through “dead drop” delivery model. Under “dead drop” method, “drug” packets are left in secluded areas and pictures and locations are shared with buyers to evade detection.
The Bangladeshi woman “prepared” false identities–Aadhar and PAN cards and had been living as an Indian with the Hyderabad resident as as his wife. She opened a bank account and used the account for purchasing drug from Akash, the release further said.
She started supplying drugs to her known persons and her customers and became popular among them. By observing her, her live-in partner too got addicted and started consuming synthetic drug, the release added.
(PTI News)
