Continuing the crackdown on drug menace in the city, Police personnel from East Agartala police station have arrested 8 drug peddlers, and recovered 234 containers of heroin and three bikes from them on Sunday.
Briefing the media persons, SP West Tripura Dr Kiran Kumar said that a special drive was counted by the Police personnel from East Agartala police station and during the special drive police arrested a total of 8 drug peddlers from various places of the city. The drug peddlers uses motor bikes and tuk tuk to deliver drugs in various places in the city. The arrested drug peddlers are also involved in thefts, he added.
Some young people are taking their lives to the brink of extinction, like heroin and brown sugar. Being addicted to drugs, they are also involved in various anti-social activities. Unable to raise money for drugs, some are organizing thefts at various homes and shops, which has led to an increase in thefts.
However, Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha has called on Tripura to get rid of drugs. Police are seizing crores worth of heroin, brown sugar, cannabis (ganja) and arresting traffickers, but the real kingpins remain out of reach, which is why the state is not moving towards a drug-free state despite so many anti-drug campaigns.