Published - December 24, 2025 08:11 pm IST - HYDERABAD The Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Force launched an intensified, State-wide crackdown to ensure drug-free New Year celebrations in Telangana, deploying special teams across urban and rural areas as part of the government’s “Nasha Mukt Telangana” policy. In coordination with the Telangana police, particularly across the tri-commissionerates, the force has stepped up surveillance and enforcement to prevent the sale, distribution and consumption of narcotic and psychotropic substances during the festive period. Focused checks are being carried out at party venues, hotels, pubs, highways, transit points, areas around educational institutions and other locations identified as drug-prone, with narcotics detection dogs pressed into service at vulnerable points.