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Drug peddler held with 11.60 gram heroin in Itanagar

Itanagar, July 13 (UNI) In yet another successful crackdown on drugs, the Itanagar Police on Saturday arrested a habitual drug peddler and seized 11.60 gram suspected heroin from his possession.
The arrestee has been identified as Raju Khan, 43, a resident of Salempurghat under Gopalganj district in Bihar and is currently residing at Harmutty, Assam.
The operation was carried out on the basis of inputs shared by an already arrested drug peddler, who is currently in police custody, a senior police officer said.
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