Hyderabad: Anesthetist’s house raided, medicine seized in private

Hyderabad: Telangana State Antinarcotics Office (TSNAB) sleuths, in a joint operation with the Special Operations Team of Cyberabad and Rajendranagar police, busted a drug trade which was being operated secretly from the house of an anesthesiologist in Asifnagar. Was. And arrested his wife. The officers seized 57 injection vials of fentanyl and Rs 6 lakh in cash. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine, is given to patients suffering from intense pain during and after surgery. The scam came to light when TSNAB received information about unnecessary withdrawal of prescribed medicine from a pharmacy attached to a hospital. He maintained vigilance due to which Dr. Ahsan Mustafa Khan, an anesthetist working in a private hospital, was called. “Periodic surveillance of this doctor’s house revealed that every night, a delivery executive would collect a package from his wife Lubna Najeeb Khan and deliver it to a house in Cyberabad. This happens every day which indicates drug addiction”, said TSNAB officials. Planning an operation, Mustafa Khan moved towards Kuwait. However, not expecting the condition of the drug addicts to get worse and hoping for Khan’s return, the police team stormed the house. On Wednesday, the package delivery executive delivered four vials and the drug addict victim paid Rs 17,500 through online mode. According to the information given by the delivery person and the consumer, Mustafa’s house was raided and injection vials and money were seized. We will also be responsible for checking the list at the hospital with drug control department officials,” said a TSNAB official. This drug is so dangerous that its commercial quantity is only 0,1 grams. To share information about drugs send a message to TSNAB at 871267111.