Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said Telangana had registered around 8,000 narcotics cases and arrested over 19,000 suspects. He highlighted the role of EAGLE Force and urged parents, teachers and students to support the State’s anti-drug campaign.
Telangana EAGLE Force has frozen properties and movable assets estimated at Rs 6.55 crore in a cocaine and MDMA trafficking case. The action followed a financial investigation into the accused, their associates and relatives under Section 68(F) of the NDPS Act.
Sathupalli police and the EAGLE team seized 166.36 kg of ganja worth Rs 89.13 lakh and arrested a labourer from Odisha who was transporting the contraband to Hyderabad. Police have launched a manhunt for two other accused in the case.
The Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement raided a pub at Jubilee Hills and caught three persons who had consumed drugs. In another case, the team arrested two peddlers with MDMA, cocaine, hydroponic ganja, and LSD procured from Kerala
EAGLE busted a major drug syndicate, seizing 935 kg of marijuana worth ₹5 crore near Hyderabad. Three suspects, including kingpin Pawar Kumar Badu, were arrested. The smuggling network spanned Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra, operating under a credit-financing model to fund suppliers.
