Hyderabad, Dec 2 (PTI) Three software engineers were on Wednesday arrested by the Excise Enforcement sleuths here after high-end narcotics--lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and Hashish oil-- were seized from their possession.

Based on reliable information, Excise sleuths conducted route watch on a road in Secunderabad and later raided a house in Pocharam and seized 56 LSD blots and 236 grams of Hashish oil from the possession of the three software engineers, an official release said.

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The trio were selling LSD to customers at Rs 2,000 per blot and 12 grams of Hashish oil at Rs 4,000, it said.

A case under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered.PTI VVK SS

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