Mohali, June 2 -- In a worrying case of drug use behind the wheel, Mohali police have arrested three youths who were found consuming intoxicants while driving through Industrial Area, Phase 7.

The arrests were made at a routine police checkpoint, uncovering driving under the influence of drugs, posing direct risk to public safety on roads.

The accused have been identified as Maridul, a resident of Dhaneda village in Himachal Pradesh; Hitesh of Sector 39, Chandigarh; and Shivam from Matiara village, Sarkaghat, Himachal Pradesh.

A fourth individual, Soumya, also from Himachal Pradesh, has been named in the FIR but was not in the car at the time.

According to ASI Gulshan Kumar, in-charge of the local police post, the checkpoint was set u...