Woman held with 260 gm of heroin in Chandigarh

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 25

A 50-year-old woman from Delhi was nabbed by the Crime Branch with 260-gm heroin. The accused had arrived in the city to deliver the consignment worth several lakhs.

The Crime Branch team, led by SI Satvinder Singh, was on the patrolling duty in Mauli Jagran, when the accused, Geeta, was apprehended yesterday.

The police said the woman was carrying heroin in a polythene. A a case under the NDPS Act was registered against the accused.

During the investigation, Geeta disclosed that she resided in Delhi and has four children.

She was produced in a local court and a day’s remand was granted.

Youth held

In another case, Crime Branch sleuths nabbed 26-year-old Neeraj Bhatt, a resident of Nayagaon, with 30-gm heroin. He was arrested near Motor Market in Sector 48 today.

A case against him has been registered at the Sector 49 police station.