India, May 29 -- A repeat narcotics offender has been detained under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act and sent to Yerwada Central Jail, Pune, for one year.

Police said the detention is only the second such case in Maharashtra under the PIT NDPS Act and forms part of the commissionerate's crackdown on repeat drug offenders under the "Nasha Mukt Bharat 2028" campaign.

The accused, identified as Rajan Bala Rathod, a resident of Annabhau Sathe Nagar in Mankhurd, allegedly travelled from Mumbai to Navi Mumbai to sell narcotic substances. Police said Rathod has four cases registered against him under the NDPS Act in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

He also faces five criminal cases under p...