Police in the Telangana city of Khammam searched the KCR Towers housing colony at Tekulapalli on Saturday 31 October 2026 after reports that people were smoking ganja, the local name for cannabis.[1] Officers went door to door in all 52 blocks of the colony.[1] Kalam Daily put the deployment at 286 officers from the CAR force, task force, special branch, central crime station, eagle force and clues team.[1] It reported that about 300 police took part.[2]

Police identified two men accused of selling ganja and 12 people smoking it, and seized 50 grams of dried ganja.[3] CK News reported that 14 people were arrested.[3] Officers also took away 62 motorcycles and five autorickshaws without proper documents.[3] They recorded the fingerprints of 105 people.[3] CK News said three theft accused and two suspects were also identified.[3] Eenadu reported that ganja and liquor bottles were found with some of the people searched.[2]

Khammam police commissioner Sunil Dutt said such checks would continue with a crime-free society as their aim.[1] He asked young people to stay away from intoxicants and residents to install CCTV cameras and be alert to strangers and tenants.[1] Additional DCP Ramanujam said residents should report suspicious people on Dial 112 and cyber fraud on 1930.[2] The commissioner also said the excise department would act against belt shops, unlicensed liquor outlets.[3]