Kolkata: Four drug suppliers arrested in raid

Four drug suppliers were arrested on Tuesday during a joint raid by the Criminal Investigation Department and Narcotics Control Board conducted at Akra Road in Maheshtala of South-24 Parganas district.

The suppliers, identified as Khokon Naskar alias Hampu, Partho Pratim Jana, Jiten Chowdhury and Baidyanath Mondal are all local residents of the district, sources said. A case has been registered under NDPS Act, 1985. Police also recovered around 1 kg of heroin from a local burial ground.

“South-24 Parganas is a major sourcing point for brown sugar and heroin. Ghutiari Sarif, known as an open drug market, is the biggest source of low-end drugs,” a source said.