Chennai, Oct three (IANS) The Villupuram police have arrested four youths with narcotic substances, along with opioid-based totally tablets, ganja, sodium chloride injection, and syringes.

The arrested were identified as Saddam Hussain, S. Surya, Samuel, and B. Siva alias Rajasekhar.

They have been arrested all through a routine automobile test-up by means of the unique crew of the Villupuram police on Sunday night time. The four arrested have been produced earlier than a judicial magistrate court and remanded in jail.

According to police, the arrested have been supplying banned narcotic substances to school and college students. The police after interrogating the foursome discovered that that they had sourced the drugs from Chennai and were making plans to sell them to school and college college students.

The Villupuram police have charged them beneath Sections 328 (causing harm with the aid of poison and so forth with purpose to commit an offense) and Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

It can be noted that the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police C. Sylendrababu has directed all the district superintendents of police and commissioners of police to conduct a crackdown against the drug mafia.

The DGP has additionally directed the police to represent special teams to nab the culprits who are worried in promoting narcotic substances to school and college children.