Archive · 11 Sep 2026
Nizamabad Police Attach Rs 3.02 Crore in Alprazolam Case
Police in Nizamabad are investigating a group accused of selling an illegal drug called Alprazolam.
They arrested four of the five people booked in the case.
Officers recovered the drug, cars, phones and cash.
Police said the drug came from Rajasthan through Maharashtra.
It was allegedly sold in Nizamabad and Nirmal districts.
Investigators said profits were used to buy land, vehicles and make bank deposits.
These assets, worth about Rs 3.02 crore, have now been attached under the NDPS Act.
Police said they will continue following the money trail and asked people to report drug trafficking.
Nizamabad police attached properties valued at about Rs 3.02 crore in an interstate Alprazolam trafficking case.
Four of five people booked under the NDPS Act were arrested, and 1.087 kilograms of Alprazolam was recovered.
Police also seized two cars, five mobile phones and Rs 3.50 lakh in cash.
Investigators said Alprazolam was transported from Rajasthan through Maharashtra to Nizamabad and Nirmal in small batches.
Attached assets included agricultural and vacant land, vehicles and about Rs 5 lakh in bank deposits linked to accused persons and their families.
- Who
- Nizamabad police and five people booked under the NDPS Act, including key accused Gandham Srinivas Goud and Botla Katamaiah Goud.
- What
- Police attached assets worth about Rs 3.02 crore after investigating an interstate Alprazolam trafficking ring.
- When
- The case was registered under Crime Number 127/2025; the investigation extended over a year.
- Where
- The case is linked to Nizamabad Rural police station, with alleged trafficking routes from Rajasthan through Maharashtra to Nizamabad and Nirmal districts.
- Why
- Police said profits from Alprazolam sales were used to acquire land, vehicles and bank deposits.
- Attached assets
- Approximately Rs 3.02 crore
- Drug recovered
- 1.087 kilograms of Alprazolam
- Arrests
- Four of five people booked under the NDPS Act
- Other seizures
- Two cars, five mobile phones and Rs 3.50 lakh in cash
- Alleged route
- Rajasthan through Maharashtra to Nizamabad and Nirmal districts
- Property identified
- 4.20 acres of agricultural land, 667 square yards of vacant plots, two cars, a two-wheeler and about Rs 5 lakh in bank deposits
- Legal provision
- Section 68F(2) of the NDPS Act