Published - December 27, 2025 08:07 pm IST - HYDERABAD Excise officials with the seized consignment of jaggery and alum allegedly used to manufacture of illicit liquor | Photo Credit: By Arrangement As many as nine persons were arrested in separate cases during enforcement operations carried out by the State Task Force (STF) of the Telangana Excise and Prohibition Department in Hyderabad on Saturday (December 27, 2025), leading to the seizure of synthetic drugs, cannabis, liquor and large quantities of illegally transported jaggery. In the first case, 1.4 grams of MDMA was seized following a raid in the Beeramguda area. Following a tip-off, the STF-C team carried out a raid and arrested Thota Hanmanthu and Bappanna Pranay Sukumar.