Maharajganj (Uttar Pradesh): Three persons have been arrested allegedly with 478 grams of heroin near the India Nepal border here.
"On the basis of the information, and with the cooperation of SSB and Sonauli police station, three accused have been arrested. 478 grams of heroin has been recovered from them and its price is over Rs 4 crore in the international market," Superintendent of Police (SP) Maharajganj, Pradeep Gupta told media.
"We are further interrogating the accused about the sources of heroin," he said.
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Earlier on September 18, the Central Crime Branch on arrested two alleged drug peddlers and has claimed to have seized an unspecified amount of illegal drugs from their possession, like ecstasy, LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) and marijuana-laced jelly.
On the same day, Narcotics Control Bureau in Mumbai detained five persons in connection with three separate drug busts, in which, one is related to a drug case in connection with Sushanth Singh Rajput's death.
Similarly, on September 17th, CCB police in Bengaluru busted another drug racket and arrested three people in connection with the case on Thursday. Police have also recovered around 90 kg Marijuana worth Rs 50 lakh from their possession.
With inputs from ANI
