HT Digital,
Shillong, Oct 6: Meghalaya Police recovered a large quantity of heroin from a passenger bus at Nongpoh, as per official reports on Friday.
The bus, bearing registration numbers AS 24 AC 1151 and traveling from Silchar to Guwahati, was intercepted at a check post in the Ri Bhoi district. Police had intelligence inputs about a heroin smuggling attempt, leading to the bus search.
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During the operation, 30 soap cases filled with heroin, weighing around 921 grams, were found and seized. The estimated value of the seized heroin is around Rs 9 crores in the international illicit narcotics markets.
The bus driver, co-pilot, and a notorious inter-state drug trafficker were arrested on charges of smuggling narcotics. In a separate anti-narcotics drive, North Garo Hills Police’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force seized 3.4 grams of heroin and arrested a smuggler identified as Helial K Sangma from Tura’s Spring Hills.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma praised the police’s efforts in a post on X, vowing to continue the fight against drug trafficking.
