Crackdown on drug menace, Excise Department raids pubs

Hyderabad: As part of the drive to check drug menace, Telangana’s Prohibition and Excise Department conducted raids on several pubs and bars in Hyderabad and adjoining Rangareddy district.

The personnel formed 25 teams to conduct the raids on popular pubs and bars at various places in both districts late on Saturday night. The raids continued till the early hours of Sunday.

The team conducted tests on suspects with panel drug detection kits to confirm if they were consuming drugs.

The raids were conducted on the direction of Telangana Prohibition and Excise Director General V.B. Kamalasan Reddy.

Joint Commissioner Qureshi, Assistant Commissioners R. Kishan and Anil Kumar Reddy and Additional S.P. Bhaskar supervised the simultaneous raids.