Drugs worth Rs.8 crore seized, two held in Bengal
February 7th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANSMurshidabad (West Bengal), Feb 7 (IANS) Two people were arrested and drugs worth Rs.8 crore were seized from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district Tuesday following questioning of two people earlier taken into custody from a heroin making unit, police said.
“After interrogating the two persons arrested Sunday, we got information about six kg of contraband hidden in a building in Lalgola. The drugs have been seized and its value in the international market may be close to Rs.8 crore,” Murshidabad Superintendent of Police Humayun Kabir told IANS.
Six 9-mm pistols, bullets and other weapons were also recovered from a bus depot in Jalangi, added Kabir.
Police refused to reveal the identities of the two men arrested Tuesday.
A heroin manufacturing unit was busted and drugs worth Rs.5 crore were seized Sunday, when two men were nabbed from the spot, police said.
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