Assam cops book 20 drug peddlers

Assam Police have booked some 20 drug peddlers under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act, 1988.A person booked under this law is kept in preventive detention for one year. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that over the last two months, 874 cases have been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1,493 drug peddlers arrested, and around 19 kg of heroin seized.