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Two drug peddlers held

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI NOV. 25. A 15-year-old boy, who was nabbed selling a mixture of prescription drugs that causes intoxication at the railway track near Bhoja Raja Nagar in Korukkupet, was remanded to custody today and sent to the Government Observation Home in Kellys.

The police said Abdul, a resident of Jeevaratinam Nagar, was caught on Monday with several syringes and vials of `Schedule H drugs' following complaints of drug peddling in the locality.

Acting on information provided by Abdul, the police arrested Kuppu, 55, at a disused toilet nearby from where she reportedly supplied the drugs. More than 800 vials of four types of drugs were confiscated from them. Kuppu was remanded to custody.

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