Excise Raids Crack Down on Cannabis, Illicit Liquor in Mahabubabad

WARANGAL: Excise officials conducted special checks against the illegal transportation of cannabis and the manufacture and sale of country-made liquor in Mahabubabad district. The operation was carried out under the supervision of District Prohibition and Excise Officer Karanchand.

Officials conducted inspections in the vicinity of the Mahabubabad railway station and near Kuravi Gate. During the checks, they found 1.4 kg of dried cannabis concealed in bushes beside the railway track on the Anantharam road and seized it.

Separately, raids were conducted in Bhangya Thanda, Rayini Patnam and Islavath Thanda villages of Kuravi mandal over the manufacture and sale of illicit country liquor. Two women were caught with natusara, and officials seized 10 litres of the liquor, 50 kg of black jaggery and 20 kg of alum. Cases were registered in this connection.

Three persons arrested in the natusara cases were produced before the tahsildars of Kuravi and Bayyaram, and bind-over proceedings were initiated against them.

Excise CI Ram Prasad warned that strict action would be taken against anyone involved in the illegal sale or transportation of cannabis and country liquor. He said surveillance on the manufacture of illicit liquor and the transportation of narcotics would continue.

Excise SI Srinivas, trainee SI Dhanalakshmi, and constables Nagaraju, Gopi and John Pasha participated in the raids.

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