India, July 10 -- Cocaine hidden inside sandal heels, 1.6 grams of 'ecstasy' pills, and a restaurant owner-cum-drug dealer who got these from Delhi via courier - the Hyderabad police claim to have exposed a transnational narcotics network.

It started unraveling after the Cyberabad Narcotics Police Station received intelligence inputs and intercepted the owner of a restaurant, allegedly a key peddler and consumer, on July 7.

Upon search, 10 grams of cocaine, 3.2 grams of 'OG Kush ', and 1.6 grams of 'ecstasy' pills were recovered.

What caught the eye of the Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) was where the cocaine was found: inside the heel compartment of a sandal. The footwear was further packed inside a pink cardboard ...