Drug offenders in Hyderabad to be monitored like history sheeters: CP Sajjanar

Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar said drug offenders will be monitored like history sheeters. The city police are strengthening H-NEW with new teams and conducting monthly inter-agency meetings to track drug networks, foreign national involvement and courier-based smuggling.

Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar on Friday said that drug offenders and peddlers in the city would be placed under strict surveillance similar to the monitoring done for history-sheeters.

Addressing a high-level coordination meeting on narcotics control, Sajjanar stressed the police department’s commitment to tackling the drug problem.

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To dismantle the drug network in the city, the Commissioner announced the strengthening of the Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW). “Along with the existing teams, four to five new teams are being formed. These units will play an important role in field-level intelligence gathering and the arrest of the accused,” he said.

It was decided that inter-agency coordination meetings would be held every month to review case progress, share information on habitual offenders and study new methods used by smugglers. The meeting also discussed in detail the involvement of foreign nationals in drug trafficking and drug use.

Officials spoke about maintaining strict vigil at airports and coordinating with concerned agencies to track the movement of suspicious passengers. Special focus was given to the misuse of courier services for sending drugs. The Commissioner also directed officials to closely monitor foreign nationals coming to the city on medical visas.

Officials from the Intelligence Bureau, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Narcotics Control Bureau, Excise Department, Counter Intelligence, EAGLE and the Foreigners Regional Registration Office took part in the meeting.