Drug smugglers in Hyderabad are increasingly using private courier and parcel delivery services to move narcotics like MDMA and marijuana across State borders. The EAGLE task force has intensified checks after uncovering student involvement and courier staff complicity.
In a coordinated three-day operation, Telangana’s RNCC Khammam and EAGLE teams intercepted a truck carrying 500 kg of ganja in Jharkhand. Acting on intelligence, the team tracked the vehicle from Odisha through a diverted route via Biju Expressway.
The Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) uncovered a drug manufacturing unit in Bowenpally, seizing 7 kg of alprazolam, Rs. 20 lakh in cash, and production equipment. The accused had been operating from a building that once housed a school.
Gachibowli police and Telangana’s anti-narcotics wing EAGLE raided a rave party at Kondapur, arresting seven persons and seizing cocaine, MDMA, and ecstasy pills. The accused included peddlers, a supplier, a transporter, and consumers. A case has been booked under the NDPS Act
Shocked by the incident, tension prevailed at the exam center as people around tried to distract the bird, who unbothered about the commotion it has caused, sat on the window ledge of the school's top floor holding the hall ticket with it