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Police in Haryana and Punjab should carry out special checks for such drugs frequently. Also the profit per strip for drugs like Lomotil and Spasmoproxyvon was two to three times in the state," said an investigating official.He added that the infiltration of such peddlers could only be stopped with a better coordination at the border of the states. "One of the accused, who had brought the consignment of viles of Avil from Saharanpur and was to sell it in Jalandhar , divulged that a vile that cost about Rs 90 in UP, would be sold at a price of Rs 300 in Punjab. LUDHIANA: A spurt in the cases of peddlers from Punjab getting medical drugs from small cities of Uttar Pradesh and selling them at a higher price among the addicts of the state, has left the police and intelligence agencies worried.During the past few months, Khanna police have arrested several drug peddlers and recovered consignments of habit forming drugs from them that were procured from Saharanpur , Muzaffar Nagar, Balia, Meerut of Uttar Pradesh.These consignments were meant to be supplied to various districts of Punjab including Ludhiana.SSP Khanna, Dhruv Dahiya, said the peddlers have been buying these habit forming medical drugs at a cheap price from cities like Saharanpur, Bareiley, Meerut and Balia areas of Uttar Pradesh and selling in Punjab primarily because of a sizeable profit margin..