History-sheeter caught with 148 gm heroin in Chandigarh
A 40-year-old man, facing 11 cases, including that of murder, was arrested for possessing 148 gm heroin in Sector 39 Chandigarh
A 40-year-old man, facing 11 cases, including that of murder, was arrested for possessing 148 gm heroin in Sector 39 on Thursday.
The accused, Sonu of Dadumajra Colony, Sector 38 West, was caught by the operation cell of Chandigarh Police.
Police said he was already named in a murder case in 2012, an assault case in 2014, four drug cases in 2005, 2007, 2017 and 2018, and five theft cases in 2009, 2011, 2015.
A fresh case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered against him at the Maloya police station following the heroin recovery.
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