Hyderabad, Feb. 5 -- A local court in Telangana sentenced the four people who were arrested for illegally manufacturing Alprazolam to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a term of ten years and pay a fine of Rs 1 lakh each.

In 2017, acting on specific intelligence relating to illicit manufacturing of Alprazolam, a psychotropic substance under NDPS Act, 1985, the officers of DRI Hyderabad Zonal Unit seized 18.55 kilogram of Alprazolam valued at Rs 27,82,500 (approx.) and 619.14 kilogram of in-process material (202.2 kilogram of Stage 4 material and 416.93 kilogram of intermediate material) valued at Rs 4,92,79,800 along with the equipment used for manufacturing alprazolam.

The next day, the teams conducted simultaneous searches at 4 locati...