Over 10 lakh tablets of habit forming painkiller Tramadol seized, Chemist held

Mohali: In a major crackdown, the Punjab Police recently busted an illegal racket running from a chemist shop and seized more than 10 lakh Tramadol Tablets. Besides recovering the habit-forming pharmaceutical drug, the police arrested the master-mind behind the scam.

Tramadol is used to help relieve moderate to moderately severe pain and is similar to opioid (narcotic) analgesics. It works in the brain to change how one's body feels and responds to pain.

Pointing out the effect of Pharmaceutical drugs, Deo told ANI, "Pharmaceutical drugs are synthetic drugs, also known as habit-forming drugs. Youngsters across Punjab are consuming these drugs on a large scale and Punjab police is running an intrinsic operation to fight a battle against drug supply and consumption in the state."

"Main accused, Pradeep Goyal, was running a chemist shop in Bhatinda. He was doing so by using his brother-in-law's drug license. He has supplied around 70 lakh Tramadol tablets in the last 10 months. We have found that he has links in Delhi and Zirakpur. We have requested the Food Safety and Drug Administration Department to cancel Pradeep's drug license," she added.

Food Safety and Drugs Administration Department has raided 117 Chemist stores in the state in the last 5 months, informed a police official.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is trying to fight against the drug menace in the state, On July 12, The Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana met in Chandigarh on Friday to discuss greater coordination in the battle against drugs, and agreed to hold an inter-state meeting of all the northern states in this regard on July 25, reports ANI.