Bathinda, March 4 -- The Bathinda district police arrested two persons and seized about 8.27 lakh capsules of habit-forming drugs pregabalin and tramadol.

The accused have been identified as Sanjeev Kumar and Ridhanshu.

Superintendent of police (investigation) Narinder Singh said on Tuesday that both were arrested on Monday and a case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and section 223 (disobedience to orders) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the Canal police station.

The SP said that Sanjeev was arrested during checking at a naka in the Parasram Nagar locality and around 90,000 pregabalin capsules were recovered from his possession. The capsules were kept in a carton that the accused h...