Hyderabad: In yet another high value drug seizure at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, a South African woman was nabbed with 6.76 kilograms of heroin, valued at about Rs.54 crore in the international grey market. According to Customs officials, it was based on passenger profiling that officers of the Air Intelligence Unit, Hyderabad Customs at […]
Hyderabad: Taking a serious note of violations committed by the managements of pubs in the city, Prohibition and Excise Minister V Srinivas Goud here on Saturday made it clear that no one would be spared if the department finds violations in pubs. “It’s the responsibility of pub owners to strictly adhere to norms. As per […]
Hyderabad: The Excise and Prohibition Department has suspended the license of Pudding & Mink pub at the Radisson Blu hotel for violating Excise Act rules. The police had raided the pub on Saturday night and seized five grams of cocaine from the premises. Earlier in the day, Minister Srinivas Goud asked officials to enquire and […]
Warangal: To create awareness on the ill effects of drugs consumption and suicidal tendency, the members of the National Service Scheme of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, took out a rally from the Institute premises to the Collectorate complex in Hanamkonda on Sunday. They conducted the anti-drug and anti-suicide rally as a part […]
Hyderabad: A woman IT professional, who was allegedly involved in drug peddling, was arrested by the Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing and the Bowenpally police on Thursday. According to the police, Kondapaneni Mansi (24), who previously worked with an IT company, was a resident of Nacharam and a native of Nagpur. She got addicted to drugs […]
Hyderabad: The City Police said they would inform managements of IT companies about the involvement of their employees in illegal activities, including drug consumption and sale. “During our investigations, it has come to light that some people working in the IT sector are getting involved in supply and consumption of drugs. It is responsibility of […]
Visakhapatnam: In what is believed to be the biggest operation of its kind, Andhra Pradesh police on Saturday destroyed more than two lakh kilograms of ganja (cannabis) valued at Rs 500 crore. The dried ganja was set afire at an event organised on a massive scale by the police in Visakhapatnam district. Director General of […]
Hyderabad: With an aim of bringing in more awareness against drug abuse and to dissuade people from using ganja and other drugs, the police are now organising roadside awareness programmes in the city. The initiative was started following directions of senior police officials to reach out to the public and spread awareness about the ill-effects […]
Birmingham: A study led by the Universities of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has identified a drug that may offer benefit to some patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia. The research has been published in the ‘The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Journal’.The CATALYST trial-tested UK-based biopharmaceutical company Izana Bioscience’s namilumab (IZN-101) as a potential […]
Hyderabad: The Ghatkesar police caught three persons, including a woman, in illegal possession of drugs at the Outer Ring Road on Tuesday. Police seized 1.3 grams of marijuana, 6.1 grams of Methamphetine, 1.6 grams of MDMA and 0.4 grams of LSD blots and a car from them. They had procured drugs from Goa for self-consumption […]
