
Hyderabad: In its collective effort to prevent addiction to drugs, the Telangana State Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TSNAB) have prepared drug detection kits and deployed narcotics sniffer dogs to battle the menace.
Sources revealed that the canines were trained at the Integrated Intelligence Training Academy (IITA) at Moinabad for eight months, and the kits were sent to all police stations for necessary grounds.
Police said that the detection test would be conducted by collecting the urine samples of suspects in the testing equipment. “The results will be displayed immediately after the test following which action would be taken based on Section 27 of NDPS Act, 1985,” they said.
They further said that as per the instructions from senior officials, the Telangana State Special Police (TSSP) has decided to take “stringent action against anybody involved in drug abuse, gambling, or other illegal activities.”
On Saturday night, June 29, the police took sniffer dogs to smell out drugs at different pubs, including Illuzion Club and Kitchen, in Hyderabad.
Officials are warning the youth not to get addicted to drugs and ruin their lives.