In a astonishment check, Vellore constabulary connected Saturday arrested 15 persons progressive successful the amerciable merchantability and acquisition of painkiller tablets adjacent Katpadi for the past fewer months.
On the bid of the Superintendent of Police (SP), A. Mayilvaganan, peculiar teams were formed to behaviour astonishment checks astatine arterial roads, cardinal intersections and nationalist places, including schools, autobus terminus and hospitals connected the merchantability of painkiller tablets.
Accordingly, a peculiar squad from Katpadi constabulary was patrolling the country erstwhile they intercepted a three-member pack adjacent the railway station. Police besides nabbed 12 persons, who allegedly came to bargain tablets from the gang. Police checked them and recovered 670 tapentadol tablets — a potent painkiller prescribed for post-surgical pain, but often misused arsenic an injection by dissolving it successful h2o — and 50 syringes.
Investigations revealed the gang, which came from Mumbai, was selling the tablets for younker and students successful the area. Police seized the tablets, syringes and a two-wheeler from them. A lawsuit was registered nether Section 123 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 8(c) work with 20(b)(ii)(A) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The arrested persons were lodged astatine Central Prison successful Vellore and further probe is nether way.
