Twenty drug peddlers were arrested after they were caught carrying drugs to be supplied to students of various Government and private educational institutions and those working in industrial units as part of the week- long- drive against drug peddling in the state capital.
The arrested were booked under sections 8/20 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) in the police station concerned.
The recovered drug items are 5.580 kg hashish, 16.2 kg ganja, 15 gram smack, 1166 narcotic tablets and 47 injections.
Moreover, 25 persons carrying illegal Country Made liquor (CMl) and Indian Made Foreign liquor (IMFl) were arrested under appropriate sections of Excise Act from various places in the State capital.