Adityapur, Dec 7 (PTI) Three suspected peddlers were arrested with drugs worth Rs 7 lakh in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district, police said on Saturday.

Acting on a tip-off, a raid was conducted in Muslim Basti in Adityapur on Friday and the arrests were made, they said.

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Those arrested were identified as Rahima Khatun alias Motiki, Nazmun Nisha alias Tazmun and Sahida Khatun alias Munnu, they added.

Altogether 35.44 gram of brown sugar, worth Rs 7 lakh, was seized from them, police said.

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Rahima and Nazmun were wanted in previous drugs-related cases, they said.

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