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Drug peddlers will face action, warns Collector
The New Indian Express Vijayawada
|June 27, 2025
NTR District Collector G Lakshmisha and Commissioner of Police SV Rajasekhar Babu on Thursday issued a stern warning to drug peddlers and users, stating that strict action would be taken against anyone found selling or consuming narcotics in the district.
"The law is strict and no one will be spared," they said, while addressing participants of a mega walkathon organised from Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
This story is from the June 27, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Vijayawada.
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