Kolkata man suspected to be kingpin of drugs racket held with 800 gm heroin

Kolkata | Wednesday | 8th January, 2020

Summary:

Kolkata: A man, suspected to be the kingpin of a drugs racket, was arrested from the city's Amherst Street area with a large quantity of heroin, police said on Tuesday. Mohamed Shamim was arrested on Monday night from a building adjacent to his residence in the area by sleuths of the Narcotic Cell of Kolkata Police, a senior officer said. He has been involved in drug trafficking in the city and was running a racket. Around 800 gram of heroin in eight packets was seized from him. A case has been registered at Amherst Street Police Station and further investigations are underway, the officer said..