Heroin worth Rs 50 lakhseized in Chhattisgarh

Patthalgaon, Chhattisgarh, June 20 (UNI) Heroin worth Rs 50 lakh has been seized from two local youths by Raigarh district's Crime Branch team.

Furnishing details of yesterday's arrests, Superintendent of Police Dipanshu Kabra said, ''Shakeel Ahmad and Tajuddin were caught redhanded with 540 gm of the substance when they approached sleuths posing as drug smugglers offering a high price.'' A case was registered under the NDPS Act and the drug sent for laboratory analysis.

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