Jalandhar, April 26 -- An unauthorised drug de-addiction centre operating in Jalandhar's Samrai village was sealed and at least 103 youngsters, who were illegally detained there under the guise of treatment, were rescued, officials said on Friday.

Deputy commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal said that during a joint raid, police and health teams recovered 2,005 tablets, including 67 packets of Alprazolam tablets and 100 packets of Panadol, from the premises.

Police commissioner Dhanpreet Kaur said an FIR has been registered against the operators Sukhjeet Singh of Nakodar, Varinder Kumar of Hardo Farala village, Ashish Mehra of Ludhiana, Maninder Singh of Tarn Taran and Malkeet Singh of Bathinda under Section of 127(2) (illegal confinement) of ...