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The Mumbai Police Twitter Account Is Using Wordplay To Spread Awareness About Drug Abuse

The Mumbai Police Twitter Account Has Been Making (Awesome) Drug-Related Puns All Day
Indian policemen stand guard outside the home of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan in Mumbai on November 24, 2015. Aamir Khan, a top Bollywood actor who starred in a television campaign to promote India has complained of 'rising intolerance' in his homeland, sparking a storm of criticism including from the ruling Hindu nationalist party. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE / AFP / PUNIT PARANJPE (Photo credit should read PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian policemen stand guard outside the home of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan in Mumbai on November 24, 2015. Aamir Khan, a top Bollywood actor who starred in a television campaign to promote India has complained of 'rising intolerance' in his homeland, sparking a storm of criticism including from the ruling Hindu nationalist party. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE / AFP / PUNIT PARANJPE (Photo credit should read PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)

The Mumbai Police Twitter account, active since December 2015, has gained a number of fans in just a month for its witty tweets. As part of a series of tweets aimed at spreading awareness about drugs, they started the hashtag #HoshMaiAao on Wednesday, and got everybody talking about it.

Here's how the Commissioner feels about pot-smokers:

If you roll, we will weed you out. #HoshMeinAao

— CP Mumbai Police (@CPMumbaiPolice) January 27, 2016

Lysergic acid diethylamide? Nope, more like:

Let’s Stop Drugs. #HoshMeinAaopic.twitter.com/KEL13x1KVi

— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) January 27, 2016

What a pun, what a pun...

Be a hero without 'heroin'. #HoshMeinAao

— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) January 27, 2016

...aaya fun, aaya fun...

Hi! Have you ‘meth’ us? #HoshMeinAao

— CP Mumbai Police (@CPMumbaiPolice) January 27, 2016

Twitter users found much to appreciate.

But You do have Joint Commissioner, no? https://t.co/lNUUlHBFgQ

— Joy (@Joydas) January 27, 2016

Mumbai police on a roll! Great sense of humor and messaging. https://t.co/gOhTaon640

— Naveen Jindal (@MPNaveenJindal) January 27, 2016

I wonder if the Mumbai Police is hiring people to enforce punitive action.

— Febin Mathew (@FebWin) January 27, 2016

Was hoping the Police would arrest people for using puns but they're doing it themselves now.

— Rameez (@Sychlops) January 27, 2016

We look forward to more amazing tweets from the Mumbai Police.

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