Hyderabad, Oct. 10 -- An interstate drug peddler was arrested by the Malkajgiri Special Operations team and Keesra police on Friday, October 10. The arrest was done while he was handing over 7 kg of opium and 2 kg of poppy straw to an unknown transporter at Kundanpally ORR Rotary.

The accused has been identified as Lokesh Bareth, 26, a resident of Rajasthan. The seized drugs are worth around Rs 1 crore.

According to the Rachakaonda police, Lokesh had recently lost his job as manager in a hotel in Rajasthan and had been out of work for almost three months when he came into contact with one Jagadish Gujjar and planned to make money by selling drugs in Hyderabad and Chennai.

Lokesh had previously delivered 2 kg of opium to an unknown rece...