Residents of Cheetah Camp are making quick work of drug dens in their locality, having busted more than 30 such rackets in just the last two months of their campaign to end addiction in the Trombay neighbourhood. On Monday, the locals caught yet another peddler — an elderly woman — who was selling heroin at her home. The locals handed over the accused, Chinnamman Pillai, to the police.

The locals banded together under the Masiha Foundation to curb addiction among youngsters in the area. The team is usually led by social activist Amdu Shaikh while carrying out random checks. It was during such an operation that they caught Pillai. She had carved out a gap in her iron grille door, where addicts would slip in their payment and collect drugs.