Police intensify crackdown on drug abuse, trafficking

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Superintendent of Police P. Jagadeesh supervising the cordon and hunt  operations arsenic  portion  of Operation Vajra Prahar successful  Kurnool connected  Saturday.

Superintendent of Police P. Jagadeesh supervising the cordon and hunt operations arsenic portion of Operation Vajra Prahar successful Kurnool connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: ARRANGEMENT

Cordon and hunt operations were conducted successful Anantapur, Nandyal and Kurnool districts connected Saturday arsenic portion of State-wide crackdown against cause abuse, trafficking and different transgression activities nether Operation Vajra Prahar.

In Anantapur, Superintendent of Police (SP) P. Jagadeesh supervised the mega cordon and hunt cognition conducted successful the city, focusing connected delicate areas to guarantee nationalist information and enforce instrumentality and order. The cognition focused connected delicate areas including Shikari Colony and Buddappa Nagar, wherever 100 constabulary unit and peculiar teams participated successful conveyance inspections and location checks.

Police seized 15 bottles of intoxicant kept illegally for sale, confiscated 24 two-wheelers and 2 autorickshaws with invalid oregon missing documents, identified suspicious persons and interrogated them, and collected accusation astir criminals progressive successful aged cases.

Mr. Jagadeesh held discussions with section residents and said that immoderate engagement successful ganja, different drugs, theft, rowdyism, oregon immoderate different unlawful enactment volition pb to strict ineligible action. He said criminals continuing amerciable activities volition look heightened monitoring and enforcement.

He appealed to the younker to take a affirmative and liable path, avoiding drugs and asked the nationalist to make a drug-free society. Residents were urged to study immoderate accusation regarding ganja oregon different drugs successful their country to the A.P. EAGLE toll-free fig 1972, and were assured that the informants’ identities would stay strictly confidential.

In Kurnool, the cordon and hunt cognition was conducted successful Bangarupeta, during which 350 litres jaggery lavation and 50 litres arrack was seized. Kurnool Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) J. Babu Prasad said that those progressive successful amerciable liquor manufacturing should refrain from specified activities oregon other look action.

In Nandyal, the cordon and hunt operations were conducted astatine the railway station, goods shed, and different places nether the supervision of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) M. Jhavali.

Published - March 07, 2026 06:53 p.m. IST

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