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Dibrugarh: Dibrugarh police arrested a notorious drug peddler and seized 38 grams of suspected brown sugar and heroin from his possession during a raid at his residence in Assam’s Khalihamari jail road on Wednesday.

The drug peddler has been identified as Sajid Ullah.

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Police also seized a scooty bearing registration no (AS 06 AD 3258) from his possession which was used for transporting drugs.

“We have got a tip-off regarding drugs. A joint operation was launched and we successfully nabbed the drug peddler from his residence and seized around 38 grams of suspected brown sugar and heroin from his possession,” said a police official.

He said, “The person was booked under the NDPS Act. We have started interrogating him. Earlier, he was nabbed for drug peddling,”.

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The market value of the drugs is estimated at around Rs 50 lakhs.

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Avik Chakraborty is Northeast Now Correspondent in Dibrugarh. He can be reached at: [email protected]