Mumbai police have registered 115 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and arrested 160 persons for allegedly involved in trafficking, possession and distribution of drugs in the past four days, an official said on Friday.
The city police on Monday launched a special drive under which local police teams along with civic officials inspected areas near schools, colleges, markets, railway stations and gardens, the official said.
The official said drugs like MD, ganja, charas and cocaine were seized during the drive.
Action was also taken against paan stalls selling illegal tobacco products, including imported cigarettes that do not have the mandatory warnings or visuals on the packs under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), he said.
Since Monday, police have taken action against 2,694 persons under the COTPA, while encroachment made by 574 paan stalls was removed, the official said.
City’s famous Muchhad Paanwala shop in Gamdevi, south Mumbai, also faced action over alleged violation of COTPA, he said.
In the last 24 hours, police examined 446 persons with a history of NDPS cases. They arrested 41 persons and registered 35 new cases, apart from seizing various drugs, he added.
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