Chandigarh, May 5 -- Areas under the Sector-39 police station have emerged as the hotbed of narcotics activity in Chandigarh, clocking the highest number of NDPS Act cases-85 between 2020 and April 2025.

The cases are largely concentrated in colonies located in Sector 38-A and 38-C, and the four-storey housing block in Sector 56 (Palsora). Heroin remains the most seized drug.

These areas, police say, are dominated by members of the Sansi tribe from Rajasthan, with a whopping 98% cases registered against individuals from the community.

Police data reveals that the Sector-39 police station has consistently remained among the top contributors to the city's drug case tally, with 22 cases in 2020, followed by 21 in 2022 and 16 in 2023. Even...