Vegetable vendor held with 500-gm heroin in Ludhiana

The Ludhiana range of Special Task Force (STF) on Monday arrested a vegetable vendor with 500-gram heroin

The Ludhiana range of Special Task Force (STF) on Monday arrested a vegetable vendor with 500-gram heroin.

The vegetable vendor who was arrested for drug peddling in Ludhiana police custody. (HT Photo)

The accused has been identified as Mani Sood, 28, of Labour Colony, Jamalpur. He was arrested from Metro Road on the basis of a tip-off.

Inspector Harbans Singh, in-charge of Ludhiana STF, said that Mani had started consuming drugs around five years ago and he later got into drug peddling himself. He had earlier been convicted in a drugs case.