December 28, 2017 12:26 am | Updated 12:26 am IST - Chennai
The Narcotics Intelligence Bureau arrested a man who procured opium through courier from Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip-off, the police nabbed the accused S. Balasubramanian alias Suman in Hanumanthan Street, T. Nagar. Thirty-five grams of opium worth around ₹35 lakh in the open market was recovered from him. According to the police, the accused got addicted to the drug while he was working in a software company in the U.S.
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