India, Nov. 2 -- The Ghaziabad police on Sunday busted an alleged heroin smuggling gang after arrests of four suspects and confiscation of heroin worth Rs.1 crore apart from valuables worth around Rs.74 lakh from them, said police, adding that the suspects had been active in the city for last one month.

On Sunday, police received a tip-off that a gang involved in heroin smuggling was active and residing at a rented accommodation in the Shalimar Garden area. "A team from Shalimar Garden police station raided their rented room and arrested the suspects," said a police officer familiar with the investigation.

Police said 969 grams of heroin, gold purchased with money earned from heroin smuggling, and four mobile phones were recovered from ...