CHANDIGARH: The UT police arrested a drug peddler after heroin was found on him in Sector 31 on Wednesday.
A police team was patrolling near Sector 31 and Industrial Area, Phase-II, light-point. On seeing the cops, a man tried to flee. But he was chased and nabbed. He identified himself as Harish Kumar, alias Happy, 32, a resident of Hisar. During checking, 20gram heroin was recovered from him.
Following the seizure, Harish was arrested under the NDPS Act. On Thursday, he was produced before a local court that sent him to 14-day judicial custody.
On January 14, police had arrested two people, including a woman, after 20 banned injectable vials and 20gram heroin were recovered from them. The two are lodged in Burail jail.