Goa, Aug. 4 -- Six IT professionals were arrested on charges ofdrug consumptionafter officials from the Excise Department raided a birthday party at a farmhouse near Hyderabad on Saturday night. The operation, conducted by the Excise State Task Force (STF) acting on specific intelligence, targeted a farmhouse in Chevella on the city's outskirts.

According to an official release, the STF was tipped off about the possibility ofillegal substance abuseat the private party. Upon raiding the venue, theyseized LSD blots, 20.21 grams of hashish, multiple liquor bottles, and three cars believed to have been used to transport attendees and possibly the contraband. The Excise team used drug detection kits to test all party attendees on site, andeve...