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LUDHIANA: Khanna police arrested a man after seizing 103 banned vials of oxytocin drug from his possession on Saturday. He added that it brings hormonal changes in persons reflecting badly their on health. The accused was identified as Dharminder Yadav, a resident of Kuri Bazar in Gorakhpur district Giving details, SSP, Khanna Dhruv Dahiya, said that as part of special campaign against drug trafficking, a police party had set up a checkpost near a Mall on GT Road in Alour of Khanna for checking suspected vehicles and persons. He added that while checking, police party stopped a person on suspicion and on frisking him recovered 103 banned injections of oxytocin.Police said the accused was booked under sections 22/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act at Sadar Khanna police station and was arrested.Dr Rajiv Gupta, a psychiatrist, said that oxytocin is a hormonal drug used for faster growth in plants and for better milk production in cattle..