‘Drug dealer’ caught in police-excise operation

By Aftab Ahmed
June 11, 2024
A representational image of a handcuffed man. — APP/File
A representational image of a handcuffed man. — APP/File

HYDERABAD: Police and excise officials jointly arrested drug dealer Anwar Sipyo after an alleged encounter on Monday.

The special squad of the Excise Narcotics Control Wing was checking with the police on Matiari Link Road when suspects saw officials and started firing. After a shootout, a large quantity of ice, a pistol, and a motorcycle were seized from the possession of the suspects, one of whom, Anwar Sipyo, was arrested. For the last 15 years, various law enforcement agencies had been searching for Anwar Sipyo.