Telangana Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao on Monday directed officials to submit a comprehensive report within 24 hours following the Maharashtra Police's bust of an illegal mephedrone manufacturing unit at Cherlapally in Hyderabad.

According to an official release, Rao enquired with department officials about the incident and questioned how such an operation could exist undetected. “What was the Telangana Excise Department doing?” he asked, expressing serious concern over the failure to detect the drug activity locally, reported news agency PTI.