LUCKNOW, Feb. 6 -- Five people were arrested after the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) busted an inter-state narcotics trafficking racket that allegedly supplied drugs to convent school students, college youth, nightclubs and private party circuits in Lucknow. The crackdown led to the seizure of cocaine, opium, ganja, and organic ganja, officials said on Thursday.

The arrests were made late on February 5 near a lane close to Charbagh Railway Station, following sustained intelligence inputs that indicated large-scale drug distribution in the city. The operation was carried out under the supervision of STF deputy superintendent of police Deepak Kumar Singh.

The arrested people were identified as Rajkumar alias Chika and Rajkumar, b...