Hyderabad, March 23 -- The Mailardevpally Police conducted a raid on an illegally operating hookah centre in Vatepally, Mailardevpally, in late hours of Sunday, seizing twelve hookah pots, consisting of three large-sized and nine small-sized units.

Accompanying the apparatus were twelve hookah pipes and two boxes of coal. The inventory of smoking materials comprised one unit of Apple flavour, along with one box each of Al Fauz and Al Fakher brand flavours. Additionally, a single smart cell phone was also recovered, according to a release.

During the operation, it was found that the establishment was functioning without any valid permissions or licenses required for running a hookah parlour and the parlour is located in the vicinity of a...