'Biggest-ever' Rs 1 crore heroin catch in Himachal as 2 Ambala natives nabbed in Mandi

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Dipender Manta 

Tribune News Service

Mandi, December 21

The police have seized 337 gram heroin worth of Rs 1 crore in Mandi district from two Ambala natives.

According to the police, the accused were travelling towards Mandi from Ambala in an Alto car when a police patrol party stopped the vehicle. 

The police recovered the contraband and apprehended the accused under the NDPS Act. 

The police claimed it to be the biggest one-time catch so far in Himachal Pradesh, the previous being of 320 gm in Hamirpur two weeks ago.

Confirming the report, Mandi SP Shalini Agnihotri said an investigation was under way to dig out more details in the case and how the accused were trying to expand their narcotics trade in Mandi.

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