The Guwahati Police claimed to have busted an inter-state drug cartel, asserting that 5 peddlers belonging to Manipur, together with two girls, and seizing almost Rs 2.5 crore price of heroin. Another individual, believed to be an associate of the peddlers, has additionally been held, a senior police officer mentioned. Guwahati Police Commissioner Diganta Barah mentioned that groups had been constituted to nab them from varied places of the town on Saturday night time. In the primary operation, three drug peddlers from Manipur – two from Imphal West and one from Senapati district – had been apprehended close to a personal hospital in Dispur space after getting a tip-off, he mentioned.
“From their possession, the team recovered 24 soap boxes containing suspected heroin, weighing about 280 gm. Their interrogation is underway and necessary legal action is being initiated,” Barah mentioned.
Second case
In the second case, the West District Police in Guwahati apprehended one individual when he got here to purchase heroin packets from two girls drug peddlers, belonging to Manipur.
“With his help, we nabbed the women from a hotel in Lalmati and during searches, recovered 20 packets of soap cases containing heroin along with Rs 22,400 in cash from them,” Barah mentioned.
After interrogation of the 2 girls, police raided one other resort on TRP Road at Machkhowa and recovered Rs 1,50,000 money from a room.
“Efforts are on to nab other associates,” the police commissioner mentioned.
(With PTI inputs)
