HYDERABAD:
Police arrested a Nigerian national and a Tollywood actor under drug
peddling charges at Jubilee Hills checkpost on Monday. They seized 15
grams of cocaine from their possession. Police have taken
Rotimi Olusola Kehinde alias Sola alias Sultan, 29, from Lagos state,
Nigeria, and Nanduri Uday Kiran, 29, a Tollywood actor from flat No.
102, Vishnu Heights Apartment, Yellareddyguda. Kehinde had
visited India four times since 2009 and he has been continuously staying
here since June 2013 on a business visa. He along with other Nigerians
used to stay at Employees’ Colony at Lothkunta. Since the past
few years, Kehinde has been purchasing cocaine from one Delhi-based
Sudanese national Hakeem and selling it to customers in Bangalore and
Hyderabad for a higher price. “Kehinde used to purchase a gram of
cocaine from Hakeem for Rs 1500 and sells it for Rs 3000,” Task Force
additional DCP B Limba Reddy said. Uday used to purchase cocaine from
Kehinde and sell it to others for profit. Acting on a tip-off, a
Task Force team led by inspector Ch Sridhar nabbed the duo while they
were waiting at Jubilee Hills checkpost on Monday morning for
prospective customers. They seized 13 grams of cocaine from Kehinde and
two grams from Uday. Uday acted in four Tollywood movies,
including ‘Parare’, ‘Friendsbook’, ‘Rakshakulu’ and ‘Yuvarajyam’. He was
earlier arrested by the Jubilee Hills police in a cheating case in
2009. Both the accused were handed over to the Anti-Narcotics
Cell of the CCS and they were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
