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In a span of four days, 13 children aged between 14 and 17 years, have been rescued from hookah parlours, making the police wonder whether more minors are getting addicted to hookahs following the resurgence of these joints. The rescue of such juveniles is part of an on going special drive enforced last week against illegal hookah parlours, on the orders of city Police Chief Datta Padsalgikar, and a special team comprising a dozen officers from the Juvenile Aid Protection Unit (JAPU) and Social Service Branch.