5 drug peddlers held, heroin worth Rs 1.25 cr seized

Lucknow: Five alleged drug peddlers, including two engineering students, were arrested on Monday from Puranpur area in Pilibhit district and heroin worth about Rs 1.25 crore in the international market were seized from them, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, Shantanu and Nakul --both B.Tech students of Hindustan University, Chennai and three others were arrested from Khamaria tri-section of the district, they said. The police recovered 600 gm heroine, worth Rs 1.25 crore in the international market, from their possession. Meanwhile, efforts are on to elicit more information from the arrested persons about their gang, they added. PTI