Two peddlers held with 712-gm heroin

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, September 29

The Special Task Force (STF) wing nabbed two notorious drug peddlers and recovered 712 gm of heroin from them today. The accused have been identified as Feroze Alam (32), a resident of New Shimla Colony, and Naresh Kumar (27), a resident of Shimla Colony.

The STF in-charge, Harbans Singh, the scooter-borne peddlers were on way to deliver consignment of drugs to their clients in Nanda Colony. They were stopped at a for checking at the naka, he added. During search, 712 gm of heroin was recovered from the scooter’s dicky, he said. One digital weighing machine and 90 small size polythene sachets were also recovered, he added.