Three held with heroin worth about Rs 2 crore

KOLKATA: The Special Task Force (STF) of the state police nabbed three persons, including a woman, and seized heroin worth about Rs 2 crore from Murshidabad on Friday night. According to sources, acting on a tip off, cops of STF along with cops from the Howrah Government Railway Police (GRP) were keeping a strict vigil in and around the Khagraghat Railway Station in Murshidabad since evening.

After a few hours, the three suspects were spotted and were immediately intercepted. During a search of their bags, police found about two kg of heroin wrapped in small packets.

During the probe, STF officials came to know that the contraband was procured from Dimapur in Nagaland a few days ago. From Nagaland they boarded Kamrup Express to return to Murshidabad with the heroin which was meant for handover to local handlers for a huge profit.

Later, the said contraband was sold to customers. To cover up the clandestine trade, the woman was added to the team so that their movements do not look suspicious. It may be mentioned that on Thursday, STF had nabbed a Group D staff of the Indian Railways posted at Naihati for allegedly being involved in drug peddling.

Police had found opium worth about Rs 90 lakh from him. It was found that the accused identified as Raju Mondal used to receive contrabands through courier service from North East India.

KOLKATA: Suggesting citizens ways to save themselves from dengue mosquito bites in summer, entomologist Debashis Biswas urged removal of perspiration from the body as soon as possible.

“The bite of a dengue mosquito is dangerous. The summer heat causes sweat that contains lactic acid which attracts such mosquitoes. One should try to wipe the sweat with a handkerchief as quickly as possible. Taking frequent showers is also recommended as it contributes to less perspiration,” said Biswas, ex-officio, chief vector control officer of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, on a Facebook video shared in his page.

Biswas advised against use of soap with fragrance during bathing. “Good odour attracts mosquitoes, thus increasing

chances of bites,” he added and also cautioned against consumption of fast food which causes perspiration.

KMC has also commenced training of its IEC (Information,

Education and Communication) workers to add teeth to its awareness campaigns against vector-borne diseases. Nearly 2,000 workers will be trained till April 24.