Hyderabad: International drugs peddler Tony and nine others were sent to judicial custody by a Hyderabad Court on Friday. According to the Hyderabad police sources, they arrested the International drug peddler Tony and some high profile businessmen on Thursday and produced them in Court.

Among the businessmen taken into custody are Niranjan Kumar Jain, a contractor and Yagyanand Agarwal, who runs a spices business in the Old City. Office staffers of Niranjan Kumar and Venkat Chalasani were also taken into custody as their bosses used the mobile phones of the office boys to contact Tony. They acknowledged the purpose of the calls and the dealings. Four others are on the run, and identified them as Ashok Jain, Soma Sashikanth, Gajendra Prasad and Sanjay, according to the police sources.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner said that these 13 names were revealed by Tony and his main seller Imran. Some of these businessmen have businesses with turnover of over Rs 100 crore. Investigation is on to determine whether the businessmen were procuring drugs from Tony for personal consumption or if they were supplying them to others. He used to send Imran and Noor Mohammed to Hyderabad to deliver the consignments. They used to stay in hotels for a couple of days and leave after the deal. Tony has used the services of 60 agents to smuggle drugs from Mumbai to Hyderabad.