Karnali. Surkhet: The District Police Office, Surkhet has tightened the control of incidents and activities of social crimes.

Superintendent of Police Sudhir Raj Shahi, chief of the District Police Office, said, “During the last two months, we have seized around seven kilograms of drugs and arrested 44 people including five women and 39 men. ’

According to him, 35 grams of brown sugar, 17 grams of charas, 360 milligrams of charas, five kilograms of opium 540 grams, 240 grams of marijuana and 362 tablets have been seized in the last two months.

Similarly, 21 people have been arrested for gambling, three hotel operators, 12 men, 12 women and one HIV-positive woman have been arrested on charges of social virtue and prostitution.