Hyderabad City Police registered 563 NDPS cases and seized narcotics worth Rs 22.17 crore between June 2025 and June 2026. The anti-drug drive targeted supply networks, strengthened screening of drug users and expanded rehabilitation efforts with support from multiple agencies
Hyderabad police launched a citywide crackdown on drug abuse, screening 204 individuals, of whom 87 tested positive. The drive, led by V.C. Sajjanar, included counselling and promised continued enforcement against narcotics-related activities.
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 Police’s Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) deported Nigerian national Johnkennedy Chukwuemeka Okoro, who had overstayed his visa and was allegedly involved in drug-peddling. Okoro, who arrived in India on a business visa in 2012, was caught acting suspiciously in Asif Nagar.
In a joint operation, Hyderabad police arrested two individuals involved in an MDMA drug racket, seizing narcotics and electronic gadgets worth Rs 5.5 lakh. The accused sourced drugs from a Bahrain-based supplier using WhatsApp and distributed them via dead drops in Bengaluru.
Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing and Amberpet police arrested a drug peddler and seized 21 kg of poppy husk, drug processing tools, and a bike worth Rs 3.5 lakh. The suspect, a welder from Chengicherla, smuggled the husk from Rajasthan
Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing team along with the Bahadurpura police caught seven persons who were allegedly involved in ganja trade and seized 80 kg ganja and an auto trolley from them
The Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) along with the Osmania University Police on Friday announced the arrest of John Stephen D’Souza, the kingpin in the Hyderabad-Goa drug racket which was busted last month.
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) along with the Nallakunta police on Wednesday arrested four persons and seized 840 grams of hash oil from them. The arrested persons were K Nageshwar Rao (36) of Vishakhapatnam, V Lakshmipathi (25) of Hafeezpet, A Vamshi Krishna (25) of Miyapur and Vikram Morya (22) a student from Sangareddy. […]
