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Crime
Four detained after police seize 1.77 kg alprazolam in Gandipet, Telangana
✍️ Telangana Today
🗓 15 Sep 2026, 07:47 AM
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Police in Gandipet, Telangana, confiscated 1.769 kg of the anti‑anxiety drug alprazolam and arrested four suspects.
Police operating in Gandipet, a suburb of Hyderabad in Telangana, announced the seizure of a large quantity of alprazolam, a prescription benzodiazepine often abused for its sedative effects. The drug, weighing 1.769 kilograms, was recovered during a raid on a location linked to illicit drug distribution.
The seized material represents a significant haul, underscoring the scale of illegal pharmaceutical trafficking in the region. Authorities indicated that the batch could have supplied a substantial number of users if it had entered the market.
Four individuals were taken into custody in connection with the case. The suspects are being interrogated, and further details about their roles in the network have not been disclosed.
The seizure forms part of a wider crackdown by Telangana police on narcotics and unlicensed medicines, aiming to curb the growing availability of such substances in the state.
The seized material represents a significant haul, underscoring the scale of illegal pharmaceutical trafficking in the region. Authorities indicated that the batch could have supplied a substantial number of users if it had entered the market.
Four individuals were taken into custody in connection with the case. The suspects are being interrogated, and further details about their roles in the network have not been disclosed.
The seizure forms part of a wider crackdown by Telangana police on narcotics and unlicensed medicines, aiming to curb the growing availability of such substances in the state.