Sonbhadra (UP), May 26 -- Two drug peddlers were arrested with 500 grams of heroin estimated to worth around Rs 50 laKH in the international market by a joint team of police and Special Operations Group (SOG) from Ghorawal of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh, a police officer said here on Monday.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Tribhuvan Nath Tripathi said that SOG and Ghorawal police received information on Sunday night that two drug peddlers were coming to Sonbhadra with heroin from Lucknow. "The police team set up a blockade near Karribaran turn of Ghorawal police station and detained two suspicious people, and upon investigation, 500 grams of heroin was recovered from both of them," he said.
He said that the police have ...