Hyderabad, Nov. 2 -- The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (HNEW), in coordination with Masab Tank police, arrested a 28-year-old engineering dropout for possessing drugs like MDMA and cocaine worth Rs 12 lakh.

Ejaz Ahmed from Bihar was apprehended with 5 grams of weed, 15 ecstasy pills and cash worth Rs 1,100.

Police say Ahmed is a civil contractor from Bengaluru, who earlier worked with his father.

Later, he started a business in civil contracting, and although it was a success, Ahmed soon found himself in financial loss when the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

Burdened, Ahmed started consuming drugs with his friends and over the period, he became a peddler.

The engineering dropout soon started procuring multiple drugs, including MDMA...