Kolkata: Police have arrested a notorious drug peddler from Sealdah area on Tuesday night and seized heroin worth around Rs 7 lakh.
According to police, on Tuesday night while the patrolling in the area, policemen saw a man identified as Khokon Seikh of Baruipur in South 24-Parganas standing in front of a stall in the dark at Sisir Market under Sealdah flyover with a nylon bag in his hand.
When police asked him why he is standing there, Seikh tried to flee from the spot.
On Suspicion cops detained him and conducted a search. As soon as the bag which Seikh was carrying opened, policemen found a good number of small packets. When Seikh was asked about those, he failed to answer. Immediately he was taken to Muchipara police station where few oif the packets were opened and police found that he was trying to sell heroin.
Later a case was initiated against Seikh and he was arrested. Police found more than three thousand such small packets filled with heroin weighing about 712 grams.