HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 24, 2026: The Telangana Standards for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) has issued showcase notices to 125 medical shops during the raids conducted in vulnerable areas of the CURE region and other districts of Telangana on Friday.
As part of the ongoing special enforcement drive in the CURE region to curb the illegal sale and diversion of habit-forming drugs, Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) – Drugs Wing, along with Enforcement Wing police personnel and Excise Enforcement personnel, conducted raids at medical shops in vulnerable areas across Gajularamaram, Quthbullapur, Malkajgiri, Kapra, Habsiguda, Uppal, Jeedimetla, Balanagar, Medipally, and Shameerpet Zones on Saturday (October 24, 2026). Similar raids were also conducted by the Drugs Wing in various districts across Telangana as part of the drive.
The raids were conducted at several retail medical shops in vulnerable areas of the CURE region, focusing on detecting the illegal sale of habit-forming drugs, including Tramadol tablets, Alprazolam tablets, Nitrazepam tablets, Codeine-containing cough syrups, Tapentadol tablets, Pregabalin containing formulations, Zolpidem tablets, etc.
Discrepancies were detected in 125 medical shops during the raids conducted in vulnerable areas of the CURE Region and other districts of Telangana. Show Cause Notices were issued for initiating departmental action, including suspension / cancellation of drug licences.
Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) – – Drugs Wing conducted a special drive on 24th October, 2026, to detect and curb the illegal sale of habit-forming drugs in medical shops located in vulnerable areas of the CURE Region, with a focus on Gajularamaram, Quthbullapur, Malkajgiri, Kapra, Habsiguda, Uppal, Jeedimetla, Balanagar, Medipally, and Shameerpet zones. Similar enforcement activities were also carried out by the Drugs Wing in various districts across Telangana as part of the drive.
During the raids, conducted along with police personnel of the Enforcement Wing of TG SAFE and Excise Enforcement personnel, special emphasis was laid on checking the indiscriminate sale of habit-forming drugs, primarily classified under Schedule H1 and Schedule X of the Drugs Rules, through decoy operations and test purchases from medical shops to verify the indiscriminate sale of such drugs by medical shops.
During the special raids, officers of the TG SAFE – Drugs Wing detected several discrepancies related to the sale of habit-forming drugs in 125 medical shops located in the CURE region and other districts of Telangana.
The officers detected several violations related to the indiscriminate sale of habit-forming drugs, including the sale of such drugs without a prescription from a Registered Medical Practitioner; failure to maintain prescription drug registers and Schedule H1 drug registers; dispensing of prescription drugs in the absence of a Registered Pharmacist; sale of drugs without issuing bills; non-maintenance of, and failure to produce, sales bills; failure to produce purchase bills; irregularities in maintaining copies of sales and purchase bills; and other violations of the Drugs Rules.
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