Nearly 800 arrested in drive in opposition to hookah bars, drug smugglers in UP 

By PTI

LUCKNOW:  Nearly 800 folks have been arrested and narcotics price greater than Rs 5.58 crore have been seized in raids carried out below a state-wide drive in opposition to hookah bars and narcotic smugglers, police stated on Monday.

Uttar Pradesh Police arrested 785 individuals in raids carried out at 4,338 locations throughout the state on Sunday.

Raids have been carried out at 342 hookah bars positioned in 22 districts and commissionerates of Agra, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Basti, Santkabirnagar, Siddharthnagar, Etawah, Hardoi, Rae Bareli, Unnao, Ayodhya, Barabanki, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Saharanpur, Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Prayagraj, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi and Gautam Buddh Nagar.

As many as 702 instances have been registered on this connection, the assertion added.

LUCKNOW:  Nearly 800 folks have been arrested and narcotics price greater than Rs 5.58 crore have been seized in raids carried out below a state-wide drive in opposition to hookah bars and narcotic smugglers, police stated on Monday.

Uttar Pradesh Police arrested 785 individuals in raids carried out at 4,338 locations throughout the state on Sunday.

Raids have been carried out at 342 hookah bars positioned in 22 districts and commissionerates of Agra, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Basti, Santkabirnagar, Siddharthnagar, Etawah, Hardoi, Rae Bareli, Unnao, Ayodhya, Barabanki, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Saharanpur, Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Prayagraj, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi and Gautam Buddh Nagar.

As many as 702 instances have been registered on this connection, the assertion added.