Tripura police on Wednesday arrested at least 15 youth for their active involvement in drug peddling and seized drugs worth Rs 20 lakh from their possession. Police conducted repeated raids at different locations in Agartala, officials said.
The police acting on specific inputs conducted raids at separate locations of Ramnagar, Jaynagar and some other areas close to these places and succeeded to arrest not less than 15 people. The police said, among the 15 accused, the majority of them were drug peddlers while rest of the other accused are consumers.
What is the most worrying factor is that most of the arrested persons belong to young age groups. Even though 15 youth were arrested, it is not unlikely that many more youth are connected to drug abuses. A serious effort coupled with intensified raids is needed to save our next generation from drug-menace and Tripura Police are well equipped to bring an end to the emerging crisis, opined a veteran Agartala based journalist.
After the raids and successive arrests, the deputy SP of West Tripura held a brief press meet in Agartala. Speaking to media, the deputy SP said, “We have arrested 15 people who are actively involved in the drug trade. Most of them are from a young age group and considerable amounts of drugs have been seized from their possession. The seized materials include, 1 pouch of brown sugar, 70 vials stuffed with Brown sugar, 358 Yaba tablets, 1 four wheeler, 2 motorcycles, 1 scooty and Rs 9,000 cash”, deputy SP West told reporters in a media briefing at West Agartala police station.
Moreover, the police had also seized huge quantities of country liquor from Battala and Maharaj Ganja market.