Hyderabad, June 29 -- In a major breakthrough against interstate drug trafficking, the Telangana EAGLE Force, in a joint operation with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Bengaluru and Shadnagar Police, arrested a 24-year-old drug peddler from Bengaluru and seized 241 grams of MDMA.

Rahul PV of Dommasandra from Belthur area was arrested during a raid on Sunday, June 28. Police also seized three mobile phones.

Rahul allegedly sourced MDMA from a Nigerian national, Michael Johnson alias Honour. Three months ago, Honour was deported back to his country but continued to operate from there.

The syndicate used the "dead drop" method, wherein drugs were hidden at pre-designated locations and their coordinates shared with buyers through encryp...