Guwahati: A police team apprehended a suspected drug peddler in Guwahati, Assam on Wednesday.

A police source said that the suspect was arrested from the Maligaon area based on inputs with the officials of the Jalukbari Police Station.

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The apprehended suspect was identified as 25-year-old Akash Paswan.

He was nabbed “red-handed” while allegedly selling contraband in Gate No. 1 in Maligaon on Wednesday evening, the police said.

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The police recovered 61 vials containing a suspected “heroin-like substance”, weighing approximately 82 grams, from the accused’s possession.

Legal proceedings have been initiated against the arrested individual.