India, Sept. 13 -- Three men hailing from Rajasthan were found in possession of heroin worth Rs.8 crore and arrested by the Mira-Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar police on Thursday. The accused arrived at Vasai East in a Swift car to sell the contraband to peddlers.

An informant alerted sub-inspector Suhas Kamble of Crime Branch Unit-3 about certain men arriving in Vasai East to sell drugs. Following orders from senior officials to take action against drug-related activities, police inspector Shahuraj Ranavare, along with his police team and witnesses, set up a trap near Shripal-1 Tower on Fatherwadi Rangenaka Road in Vasai East.

Crime branch officers said that at around 11 pm on Thursday, a Swift car arrived and stopped in front of the Shripal-1 ...