Rohtak, July 22 -- Rohtak police and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday claimed that they have arrested nine alleged drug peddlers from Haryana, Punjab and other neighbouring states over the last week and seized 802kg narcotics.

Superintendent of police (SP) Gaurav Rajpurohit said the coordinated operations were carried out across Haryana, Punjab and neighbouring states to target interstate drug supply networks.

In the first operation on July 16, police intercepted two vehicles in Nindana village and recovered 10.32kg of opium and 21.507kg of charas, and arrested four accused. According to the SP, the contraband had been transported from Uttarakhand and was meant to be supplied in the Rohtak region.

In another operation, pol...