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ITANAGAR: Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested with 163 grams of heroin in the Chimpu area of Arunachal Pradesh, police said on Monday.
The arrests followed a narcotics operation conducted on Sunday night. Security personnel recovered eight soap cases, five tobacco containers and 18 plastic vials containing suspected heroin worth around Rs 20 lakh. Police registered a case at Chimpu Police Station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
Further investigation was underway to trace the source, supply chain and distribution network.
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