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The Excise department has taken a series of special measures to prevent illegal liquor sales, illegal transportation and storage.

Noting that the production and sale of illegal liquor should be checked, he said vigilance forces should be alert at all places.

As part of the operation, extensive inspections are being carried out and strong measures have been taken to prevent cross-border drug trafficking from neighbouring states, the statement said.

A group of persons kidnapped and assaulted two central excise department officials when they had reportedly gone to conduct raids.

Prohibition and Excise Department officials adopt a multi-pronged strategy to keep smugglers at bay

A total of 4.29 lakh cases of liquor IMFL and a total of 5.61 lakh cases of beer were sold to the liquor shops from the depots

Hyderabad: Three persons, including an African, were nabbed with 56 grams of cocaine by the District Task Force of the State Prohibition and Excise Department. The officials also seized Rs.1.28 lakh from them. The arrested persons were Maurice Basagria Oman, a Ghana national staying in Sun City Bandlaguda, Sundeep Kumar Shah, a resident of Masab […]

Mulugu: The staff of the Prohibition and Excise Department raided several tribal hamlets in Mulugu mandal on Saturday and destroyed 500 litres of fermented jaggery wash used in the manufacturing of the illicitly distilled liquor. They have also arrested one Dharavath Raju of Balaji Nagar village for transporting the ID liquor (Gudumba) and seized five […]

Hyderabad: The State government has transferred 52 senior officials in the Prohibition and Excise department and posted them at different places across the State. An Additional Commissioner, four Joint Commissioners, three Deputy Commissioners, 18 Assistant Commissioners and 26 Prohibition and Excise Superintendents were among the 52 officers who were transferred. The officers, who were transferred, […]

Karimnagar: District prohibition and excise department officials have launched an innovative campaign to educate the people especially illiterates against the consumption of ganja and drugs. Since the state government was making serious efforts to eradicate menace of ganja and drugs from the state and declare Telangana as a drug free state, district excise officials have […]

Hyderabad: The LB Nagar zone police on Tuesday, organised an awareness programme with the principals of colleges and educational institutions, to eradicate drug menace. LB Nagar Zone DCP Sunpreeth Singh said the programme was aimed at making youngsters aware of the ill-effects of marijuana and other drugs. Around 500 representatives from various educational institutions participated […]

The charge-sheet says that the statement of Kelvin, the prime accused, alone was not sufficient enough to consider celebrities as offenders and more importantly, no drugs were found with them