Interstate drug-supply network busted; 3 held with 17,800 Alprazolam tablets in central Delhi

NEW DELHI: (May 14) Police busted an interstate drug-supply network, arresting three persons, including a medical store owner and a medicine supplier, and recovering 17,800 Alprazolam tablets worth around Rs 3 lakh in central Delhi, officials said on Thursday.

The recovery, weighing more than two kilograms, is over 20 times the notified commercial quantity of Alprazolam in India, they said.

Police said the Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Central district had received specific intelligence on Monday regarding a man allegedly involved in the supply of psychotropic substances in the area.