Five people, including a woman, were arrested in Kolkata with drugs worth Rs 17 crore

(PTI) Kolkata, Ta. Sunday, February 14, 2021

A special task force team of Kolkata police arrested five persons, including an elderly woman from Kosipore area of ​​the city and seized Rs 17 crore worth of banned drugs from them, an official said today. Intensive checking of vehicles revealed banned substances.

Police arrested two women from Murshidabad in West Bengal, two from Manipur and a 72-year-old woman from Assam. '

In the international market, they seized 2.097 kg of heroin worth Rs 10 crore and about 150,000 Nang Yaba tablets with a market value of Rs 7.50 crore, ”he added. All the arrested accused were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS).