Itanagar, Jul 17 (PTI) A 26-year-old woman was on Thursday arrested at Hapoli in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Subansiri district for alleged involvement in drug peddling, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided a rented house near Pai Gate and recovered contraband substances weighing 61 gram, suspected to be heroin, from her possession, they said.

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The accused woman was jailed for three months last year after being caught with 10 gram of heroin. She was out on bail at the time of her arrest, a police officer said.

Further investigation is underway.

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