21 held for selling drugs

Published October 27, 2001

HYDERABAD, Oct 26: The Hali Road police have arrested 21 people, 11 for selling narcotics and 10 for running a gambling den, from various places on Friday.

The Hali Road police, backed by a special squad of the SSP, Hyderabad Rapid Force, and police mobiles of three police stations raided the Sabzi Mandi area, Machi Goth, Makrani Para, and Badin bus stop and arrested 11 people including a woman for selling narcotics. Around 1,400 grams of charas and more than 500 grams of heroin was also seized from them.

Ten people have been arrested for running a gambling den.—Correspondent

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