New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- Police recovered over 8kg of heroin and arrested seven people, who were allegedly part of a drug trafficking racket operating in Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, an officer said on Thursday. Police seized the contraband during an operation that ran for about a month. DCP (Rohini) Shashank Jaiswal said the racket surfaced with the arrest of Prakash Kumar, 31, a resident of Jharkhand's Chatra district. Police said Kumar was allegedly involved in illegal cultivation of poppy on his agricultural land and supplied raw opium to other members of the gang.htc

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