Hyderabad, June 20 -- The Karimnagar police on Friday, June 19, booked 52 pan shops for allegedly selling drugs and banned tobacco products.

As part of a special drive, police raided 99 pan shops located near educational institutions in the commissionerate, of which the owners of 52 shops were booked.

Preventing youth from drug addiction

According to Karimnagar Commissioner of Police Gaush Alam, the special drive was taken up to prevent youth in the district from falling prey to drugs.

Hyderabad CP raids pan shops

To curb the sale of nicotine-based substances to schoolchildren, police on April 18 conducted search operations at more than 550 pan shops located near educational institutions across Hyderabad under the Operation Safe Scho...