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Heroin worth Rs 4.5 crore seized in Delhi

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NEW DELHI: In a major drug haul, four-and-a-half kgs of heroin worth Rs 4.5 crore in the international market was seized and two persons were arrested in this conection in a South Delhi area, Narcotics Control Bureau officials said on Sunday.

The duo, identified as Padamvir Singh and Sarfaroz Khan, were arrested near Millennium Park on the busy Ring road when they were waiting to deliver the contraband to someone, they said.

Both of them came from Agra and were part of a drug racket. A Maruti Zen car used by them was also seized, they added.

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