Mohali, Feb. 21 -- Convicting a 45-year-old man (Kulwant Singh) of Tarn Taran under Section 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, a Mohali court sentenced him to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for possessing a commercial quantity of Alprazolam tablets.

The court held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused was in possession of 10,800 such tablets without any permit or licence.

According to the case, a police patrolling team near the Dera Bassi bus stand on November 23, 2022 noticed that Kulwant Singh, who was coming from Lalru side, tried to flee upon seeing them. He was stopped. As many as 1,080 strips of 0.5 mg tablets (totalling 10,800) were found in his bag. The accused fail...