Hyderabad, May 9 -- Officials from the Drugs Control Administration (DCA) busted a drug racket in the Old City of Hyderabad in raids on Wednesday, May 8. Acting on credible information, DCA officials raided different areas in the Charminar area along with the police and held one resident who was selling Tydol 100 tablets illegally to youngsters.

DCA officers found that Arshad Khan, a resident Aman Nagar A, Yakutpura, was illegally selling Tydol 100 tablets (Tapentadol tablets 100 mg) at the Charminar Bus Stand parking area, New Shahalibanda Road. Officers seized 400 tablets of Tydol 100 tablets during the raid. The total worth of the stocks seized was Rs. 23,000, said V B Kamalasan Reddy, director general of DCA.

Tapentadol is a central...