India, Sept. 6 -- The Hyderabad police on Friday arrested two drug peddlers who were operating a narcotics racket through a dating app, along with seven consumers including a surgeon of a prominent hospital in the city, a senior police official said.

Deputy commissioner of police (East Zone) Dr B Bala Swamy told reporters that a police team belonging to Chilakalguda police station and the commissioner's task force conducted a joint operation in busting the drug racket being operated from a residential space at Sitaphalmandi in Secunderabad.

"The police seized 100 grams of MDMA (3,4-Methylene di-oxy methamphetamine, a synthetic drug with stimulant and minor psychedelic effects), 10 mobile phones and a small weighing machine, all worth of...