HT Correspondent
HAFLONG, April 9: Five youths were arrested in an operation by police on Thursday evening in connection with drug peddling and consumption at Jatinga under Haflong police station in Dima Hasao district.
The operation was launched based on specific information received from a reliable source about an individual carrying a contraband item in a public transport vehicle.
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The police team led by Haflong police station O/c insp Ranjit Saikia and town i/c SI Lakhinder Saikia and apprehended the individual in the transport vehicle at Jatinga, which led the team to another house in Jatinga where they arrested another four persons (one peddler and three consumers) while one managed to escape the scene. Police also recovered around 80 grams of suspected heroin filled in 181 canisters (mostly used in homeopathic medicines) and three strips of proxyvon capsules from the house. The team also recovered a total of 250 empty canisters where the contraband items are packed and sold.
The five have been booked under section 21b/29 of NDPS Act 1985 and have been forwarded to the district court on Friday. They were identified as Marcil Suchiang (21), Thairingdao Naiding (19), Rahul Suchiang (24), Kailianmuan Lienthang, (24), Bishal Dey (22) while the person who fled was identified as Birathem Bathari.
Speaking to media persons here, Dima Hasao SP Jayant Singh said that they are trying to find out the main supplier and others involved in the racket. He also said that there is no main supplier in the district and the supply is mostly procured from outside the district.
“With arrests of drug consumers and peddlers we somehow clip off the feathers of drug rackets and that will stop drug consumption/addiction from becoming rampant and uncontrollable in the district,” SP Singh added.
