Overview

• Punjab Police conducted coordinated raids on July 31 at manufacturing units in Roorkee and Haridwar, arresting six individuals including chemists and plant managers.
• Officers seized 74,465 Tramadol tablets, 50 Alprazolam pills and 325 kilograms of Tramadol raw material, along with ₹7.65 lakh in suspected drug proceeds.
• Tramadol strips bearing “government supply only — not for sale” labels revealed the diversion of medical stock designated for public use.
• Key pharma units have been sealed and their records are under examination as authorities review compliance under India’s NDPS Act.
• Investigators are pursuing additional actors identified during interrogations and plan further raids to dismantle the network.