The highest number of LSD blasts seized by Telangana Prohibition and Excise authorities was in 2017, when a chain of narcotics in and around Hyderabad sent shock waves across the city. Subsequently, there has been a sharp decline in the seizure of banned substances.
As per details provided by Excise Department sources, more than 800 blots of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) were seized in 2017 alone. And only half of it – about 400 LSD blots – was confiscated over the next four years (2018 to mid-October 2021).
In terms of ganja seizures in the last five years, over 4,000 kg each in 2019 and 2020 and the lowest this year (till mid-October) was 2,291 kg.
The sale, transportation and other aspects of narcotics and narcotics will be discussed in the meeting to be held on Wednesday. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao will preside over the meeting with senior officials of the Home and Excise Departments.
Since Monday, officials and staff of the Excise Department have been involved in collecting narcotics seizure data and explaining the methods used to control the transport, sale and smuggling of banned substances in the state. “We have all been involved in recalling the strategies used to control the drug menace in the state. Seizures of drugs will improve if the Excise Department is provided with technical resources for obtaining call data records (CDRs) and mobile phone tracking. At present, after we get information from a peddler or a source, we have to depend on the police department to obtain CDR or other information, which can be gathered using technical means,” said sources in the department. . He said that more money is needed to develop the network of informers.
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Officials believe that issuing posting orders will also help in better control over the supply of narcotics. “At present, some of us are in two to four additional positions. In some cases, two people of the same cadre are posted in the same Excise police station. Each district can be closely monitored by distributing all of us equally,” said sources.
In mid-July this year, around 50 officers of the excise department got promotions. But the appointment order has not been issued yet. He was promoted to the posts of Additional Commissioner, Joint Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, Excise Superintendent etc.
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