Woman held with heroin from Banskandi

A woman was arrested with drugs (heroin) from Banskandi in Cachar district early on Tuesday morning.

According to sources, Assam Rifles and police conducted an operation around 4am this morning on the basis of specific information at the house of Rini Begum and seized around 112 grams of heroin. Two sharp weapons and some other items were also recovered, sources said.

The arrested woman and the seized items were thereafter brought to Lakhipur police station. Rini was produced before a court at Lakhipur and sent to judicial custody at Silchar jail.

The market value of the contraband could not be known, as per last available reports.

Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive drug processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants.