HT Correspondent
BISWANATH CHARIALI, May 14: The police have arrested a drug peddler and recovered 8 gram of heroin from Saikia Chuburi in Itakhola in Sonitpur district.
The accused has been identified as Rohit Basumatary (31), son of one Atul Basumatary who originally hailed from Pukhuripara village under Uriamghat Police Station of Golaghat district.
A team of police headed by Shyamal Jyoti Saikia, officer in-charge of the Sootea Police Station apprehended Basumatary and recovered a soap case containing 8 gram heroin late in the evening on May 12. According to sources, the police team had been following the drug peddler for a long time. The police team also seized a scooty from him.