A day after cocaine was seized by Hyderabad Police Task Force at Pudding and Mink Pub at Radisson Blu Plaza, Banjara Hills, the Telangana Prohibition and Excise Department officials have suspended the license issued to the Plaza Hotel Restaurant and Bar. An order to this effect was issued by the department’s Deputy Commissioner (Hyderabad division) on Monday.
The Task Force sleuths who conducted the raid at around 1..40 am of April 3, found white powder on the bar counter in a plastic container used for holding straws. When tested, police confirmed that it was cocaine.
Earlier, the Prohibition and Excise Minister V. Srinivas Goud has directed Prohibition and Excise Director Sarfaraz Ahmed to cancel the pub and bar license of Pudding and Mink Pub under Section 31 of Excise Act for violations. He was responding to seizure of drugs from the pub in the wee hour of Sunday by the officials.
