Police help junkies in going clean

Under fire for arresting drug addicts instead of the big fish, the local police have come forward to lend a hand to families of the addicts to encourage them to undergo rehabilitation. On Wednesday, after counselling six drug addicts, the police sent them to the drug deaddiction centre near the Lord Mahavira Civil Hospital. Additional deputy commissioner of police city-1 Amrik Singh Powar said, “When we initiated a drive against the drug menace and arrested several persons found possessing drugs, we were accused of arresting only addicts. We also appealed to them to help us in the project and provide any information that could help.” As a result, several harried and helpless families of drug addicts contacted the police to help them send their addicted family members to de-addiction centres, Powar added. Giving details of the counselling session, the ADCP said the addicts seemed to have a great urge to leave drugs, but were unable to do so as they suffered physical and mental discomfort whenever they took a step in that direction, adding that people who wanted to leave drugs could contact the police, who would provide them every possible help.