Large-scale seizure of medico-drugs has sent ripples in Nagaland and drove home the point that its usage has become alarming although the medicines are banned in the State. Despite a ban on the sale of Spasmo-Proxyvon, Reliphen and Nitrozepam in Nagaland, reports indicated that they were openly sold at Bokajan, Merapani, Golaghat, Nariani-Anguri, Sonari and Simaluguri towns of Assam and drug peddlers smuggled them into the State, IGP (CID) C. Kikom said.

"They do not enter the State through the check-gates on the border but manage to sneak through the long border tracks and sell them to the addicts here," the senior police officer said.

Mr. Kikom said the police had tried to ascertain whether any gangs were operating in the State. ‘Fotunately, no such organised gang appears to be operating here. However, this observation (absence of gang) is not a conclusive one,’ the DGP said.

Nagaland is used as a transit route by smugglers from Manipur and bordering places of Myanmar, he said. These medico-drugs are used by the abusers, particularly the youths, as pain killer. The tablets are mixed with water and injected into the body.