Three held, alprazolam tablets seized from them in Indore

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Press Trust of India Indore
Last Updated : Jul 01 2017 | 10:32 PM IST
Police today claimed to have busted a racket that sold regulated medicine at higher price by arresting three persons and seized alprazolam tablets from them.
Ravi Paryani (25), Lucky Narvare (24) and Mohammad Sultan Khan (19) were arrested from different places in the district in the last 24 hours and 5,500 alprazolam tablets seized from them, additional superintendent of police (ASP) Amrendra Singh told reporters here.
The accused have told police that they used to acquire the tablets from Gwalior and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Agra in Uttar Pradesh and sell them at high prices here, the official said.
On the statements of the accused, efforts are on to arrest some people associated with them in the illegal business.
The sale of alprazolam tablets (to treat anxiety and panic disorders) is regulated and these pills are available on doctors' prescription at licensed medicines stores.

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First Published: Jul 01 2017 | 10:32 PM IST

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