Drugs
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad Excise Dept arrests 8 in citywide ganja raids, seizes 9.5 kg
Hyderabad: The Prohibition and Excise Department arrested eight persons in separate raids across the city on Monday, February 23, seizing a total of nearly 9.5 kilogram of ganja. The State Task Force raided…
- World
Mexican army kills drug cartel leader during operation to capture him
Mexico City: The Mexican army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho, ” on Sunday, February 22, decapitating what had become Mexico’s most powerful…
- Telangana
2 Telangana Prohibition and Excise officers promoted as Joint Commissioners
Hyderabad: Two Prohibition and Excise officers were promoted as Joint Commissioners on Thursday, February 19. Warangal Deputy Commissioner (Excise) G Anjan Rao took charge as Joint Commissioner (Enforcement), while Karimnagar Deputy Commissioner…
- Hyderabad
Youth offer ganja as ‘prasad’ in viral reel, Hyderabad CP reacts
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar on Tuesday, February 17, warned youth against performing objectionable acts for social media ‘likes’. The caution follows a viral video showing two youth allegedly offering…
- Hyderabad
Delivery agents transporting drugs will face strict action: Sajjanar
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Commissioner of Police VC Sajjanar on Wednesday, January 28, warned against the misuse of e-commerce and courier services to deliver marijuana and other banned substances and said enablers will face…
- Hyderabad
Two peddlers held with drugs worth Rs 1 lakh in Hyderabad’s Attapur
Hyderabad: Police arrested two people on Wednesday, January 14, for peddling drugs and seized contraband worth Rs 1 lakh from their possession. The accused have been identified as Anwar Hussain, 33, a…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Excise Department arrest two from Rajasthan, seize 2.22 kg opium
Hyderabad: The Telangana Prohibition and Excise Department apprehended two individuals from Rajasthan and seized 2.220 kilograms of opium on Sunday, January 11. The department first arrested Sunil in Begumpet with 20 grams of…
- Hyderabad
24-year-old dhaba owner arrested in Hyderabad for selling opium
Hyderabad: Telangana’s Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Force on Saturday, January 10, said it arrested a 24-year-old dhabha owner on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada National Highway for allegedly selling opium. Acting…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad police book two Nigerian drug peddlers, seize 150g MDMA
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing on Thursday, January 8, apprehended two foreign national drug peddlers in Tolichowki and seized 150 grams of MDMA worth Rs 20 lakh. The accused, Chidi Ezeh and…
- Hyderabad
Police arrest 7 people in two separate drug cases in Telangana
Hyderabad: The Telangana Police seized 13 kilograms of ganja and 11.34 grams of MDMA in two separate incidents over the course of January 7 and 8. The Prohibition and Excise Department sleuths…
- Middle East
Two Indians sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Kuwait
A court in Kuwait has sentenced two Indians to death on charges of drug trafficking, after they were caught with heroin and methamphetamine intended for distribution inside the country. The convicts were…
- India
NCB seizes over 1K crore worth of drugs, arrests 994 traffickers in 2025
Hyderabad: Last year, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 1, 33,965 kilograms of drugs valued at approximately Rs 1,980 crore across India. According to the data released, 994 drug traffickers, including 25…
- India
Forged documents submitted in Thane court for bail in drugs case; FIR lodged
Thane: Police have registered an FIR against unidentified persons for allegedly submitting forged documents before a court in Maharashtra’s Thane district to secure bail for accused in a narcotics case, officials said…
- Hyderabad
Andhra BJP MLA’s son tests positive for ganja in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The son of Andhra Pradesh’s BJP MLA Adinarayana Reddy was allegedly found consuming ganja on Saturday, January 3. He was later sent to a de-addiction centre, official sources said. Officials of…
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Drug cases in Telangana go up by 30 pc in 2025: Police report
Hyderabad: Drug cases in Telangana increased by 30.36 per cent during 2025, though the overall crime rate in the state dipped by 2.33 per cent. A total of 2,542 cases under the…
