1 kg of heroin seized in TN, 2 students held

Two engineering students were today arrested for allegedly possessing one kg of heroin, worth about Rs 1 crore in the international market, during a raid in a house in Keezhakarai, about 60 kms from here, police said.

Based on a tip-off, a police team raided the house of one Natherson, and recovered 1 kg of heroin.

Preliminary enquiry revealed that Natherson and his friend Ayub, both studying in a private engineering college in Keezhakarai, had smuggled the drugs into Ramanathapuram district from Nagapattinam, police said.