Hyderabad, April 27 --  The Hyderabad Police has relocated and operationalised its detention centre for foreign nationals to the Jogipet Sub Jail in Sangareddy district, with a permanent facility also approved at Cherlapally prison, officials said on Monday, April 27.

The detention centre, which houses foreign nationals held for illegal migration, visa violations, overstaying and offences related to human trafficking and drug peddling, had been functioning since 2018 out of the old CCS Building at Basheerbagh in Hyderabad.

A total of 196 foreign detainees have been accommodated at the facility since its inception, of whom 184 have been deported so far. At present, 12 detainees - nine male and three female - from Sudan, Nigeria, Uga...