EAGLE flags leasing of chemical reactors for manufacturing illicit drugs in Telangana
The EAGLE Force in Telangana is intensifying scrutiny of chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing units following the discovery of illicit drug production in leased reactors. Authorities are implementing stricter oversight of precursor chemicals, laboratory equipment, and logistics networks to prevent the diversion of industrial infrastructure for synthetic drug manufacturing.
Why it matters
This crackdown addresses a growing public health and security threat by closing regulatory loopholes that allow clandestine drug labs to operate within legitimate industrial and private spaces.
The illegal leasing of reactors and other infrastructure at chemical manufacturing units has emerged as a route for clandestine production of synthetic drugs in Telangana, prompting enforcement agencies to tighten scrutiny of pharmaceutical and chemical units across the State.
The EAGLE Force on Monday said investigations into earlier drug seizures had found instances where reactors were leased for unauthorised activities. These included Vetukuri Labs at Kondamadugu village in Bibinagar, where illicit manufacture of mephedrone was detected, and SM Labs at Moulali, where law enforcement agencies detected illicit synthesis of alprazolam.
The issue figured prominently at a high-level coordination meeting convened by the EAGLE Force at its headquarters in Banjara Hills on October 5. Officials from drug control, pollution control, factories, Excise and police departments participated.
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