Coimbatore: Four men were arrested on Saturday night because they had 53 recreational pills.
Police said the youth sold pills for Rs 200 while they got a 10 tablet strip with only Rs 54.
“They used to filter tablets in sterile water.
And inject it,” said a police officer.
He identified the defendant as Mohamed Yasar, 20, Mohamed Mustafa, 30, (both Karumbangatai residents), Muthu Mohamed, 24 and Mohammed Mustafa, 26 (both Athupalayam residents).
They were ordered under the 8 (c) section read with 22 (b) narcotics and sources of psychotropic (NDPS).
“PIL is prescribed for assistance from anxiety and insomnia.
The four member gang has bought tablets from several people in the city and sell the same among the youth.
While they buy a strip of 10 pills for Rs 54, they sell it for Rs 2,000.” The police have formed a special team to arrest people who supply the fourth tablet captured, which have been sent in the holding and nesting in prison after producing it before Judge Judicial.