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Youth from Amritsar arrested under NDPS Act in Kangra

Kàngra, Aug 13 (UNI) Kàngra Police arrested a youth near Tanda bypass chowk at Kachiari in the outskirts of the Kangra town today under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act after the recovery of heroin from his possession, police said.
Sanjeev Kumar, Station House Officer Kàngra Police station, told UNI that the accused person was identified as Gulam Hussain, 22, resident of Chambida Devi area, Amritsar. He was nabbed when found doing suspicious activities under the bridge. Sanjeev Kumar said that during search on his body he was found carrying six grams heroin.
SHO said that during preliminary interrogation the accused revealed that he had been staying in Kangra for past one year along with his father who works as a bed mattress maker.
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