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Himachal's Shimla police seize 1.12 kg heroin worth Rs 6 crore, Haryana man held

Shimla, Aug 4 (UNI) Shimla Police have arrested an alleged interstate drug trafficker and seized 1.120 kg of high-grade heroin, valued at around Rs 6 crore in the international market, in what officials described as the biggest heroin seizure in Himachal Pradesh so far this year.
According to Shimla Superintendent of Police (SP) Gaurav Singh in a statement here on Tuesday said that the seizure was made by the Special Cell of Shimla Police on August 3 near the Shoghi barrier on the district border following a tip-off.
Official termed the recovery of 1.120 kg of heroin as the biggest success of the district police's revamped anti-drug strategy aimed at dismantling interstate narcotics networks.
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