Drug racket busted in Hyderabad, two held

HYDERABAD: Police Friday night busted a drug racket with the arrest of two people including a Nigerian and recovered cocaine from them.A

police official of Langar Houz police station said Fredrick, a

Nigerian, and Siddharth, a physician from Hyderabad, were arrested soon

after they landed here from Bangalore.The duo told police they were supplying drugs to some actors and producers of Telugu film industry.They

also claimed to have met young actor Varun Sandesh and his friends Ravi

and Abhishek. The police official said they were investigating the

claims.Denying reports that police arrested him, Varun Sandesh

told reporters that he is innocent and has no knowledge why the arrested

persons took his name.In recent months, police busted few drug

rackets having alleged nexus with Telugu film personalities. Two

brothers of actor Ravi Teja and a Ugandan national were arrested last

year in a drug dealing case.