drug smuggler

Assam Police shot a suspected drug peddler after he allegedly tried to escape from custody in Karbi-Anglong area on January 17. Sources said that Police intercepted a truck at Bokajan, and arrested two persons, before recovering heroin from their possession. He said that one of the drug peddlers tried to escape, who was fired by policemen at his leg, & was admitted in hospital where he is 'stable'.