Chandigarh: Youth arrested with 8 grams of heroin

Chandigarh: The UT police have arrested a 24-year-old drug peddler with 8 grams of heroin. The accused has been identified as Damanpreet, a resident of Mani Majra and was currently living in Kurali.

He used to procure drugs from smugglers living in the border areas of Punjab. These smugglers also supplied drugs to Damanpreet in Ambala, Delhi and Jalandhar, police said. During interrogation, the accused revealed that he bought 1 gram of heroin for Rs 2,000 and sold it for three times the price in the tricity. The accused already has four cases of theft and drug peddling registered against him.