At least eight youths,including three college students, were caught by the policewhile they were allegedly injecting themselves with drugstoday.
A huge quantity of the Fortwin injections containingthe narcotic drug Pentazocine was recovered from the group,after the police raided the outskirts of Bheemunipatnam town.
"Gowri Sankara Rao of Tadichetlapalem in the city hasallegedly been importing Fortwin vials from Berhampur inOdisha and supplying drug addicted youth," the police said.
The police revealed that the group injected themselveswith Fortwin twice a day and often met at the layout locatedbetween the Visakhaptnam-Bheemumipatnam road. In addition toFortwin, they also smoked cigarettes mixed with ganja, thepolice said.
"At least 40 vials of Fortwin drug, cigarettescontaining ganja and injection syringes have been recoveredfrom them. A hunt is on for the supplier who has absconded,"the police said.