Kovai cops crack inter-state drug racket, seize 7,800 pills

COIMBATORE: In a chain of crackdowns against drug smuggling rackets, the Coimbatore City police have arrested two persons and seized 7,800 sedative painkiller pills worth over Rs 25 lakh on Friday, which were prescribed as scheduled drugs.

One of the arrested was working as an attendant at an AC coach of Hisar Express and smuggled the drug consignment from Rajasthan while another received the drug at Coimbatore Railway station. The drugs, Tydol and Tapentadol were sourced from Rajasthan to supply to Coimbatore city, police said.

Based on information gathered from nine arrests made in a drug bust last week, a special team had been tracing and monitoring the supply chain which played a key part in the recent drug bust.