3 drug traffickers arrested in WGH, 53g heroin seized: Meghalaya ANTF

SHILLONG, JUN 16: Meghalaya’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force arrested three alleged drug traffickers from Assam during a naka operation in Tikrikilla, West Garo Hills District on June 15, seizing 53 grams of suspected heroin along with vehicles and mobile phones.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, ANTF Superintendent of Police (SP) Vikash Kumar said the operation was carried out “based on credible intelligence input”.

During the search conducted under the NDPS Act, the team recovered “5 plastic soap boxes containing suspected heroin (total weight 53 grams), 2 motor bikes and 3 nos of mobile phones.”

The arrested persons have been identified as Sahidul Hussain (35) from Gumajhar, Simlabari, Goalpara, Saddam Hussain (35) from Rajmita Pantai, PS Lakhipur, Goalpara and Rashidul Hoque (23) from Chataimari, PS Lakhipur, Goalpara.

A case under the NDPS Act has been registered at Tikrikilla Police Station.

The SP said the three are “suspected to be part of larger organised crime syndicate operating inter-state drug trafficking nexus” and that the task force is “investigating the matter for forward and backward linkages.”

The department has appealed to the public for information.

“If any person has any information about the accused, his accomplices or any miscreants involved in drug trafficking, the information may be shared with Meghalaya ANTF. The identity will be kept secret and a suitable reward will be given to such volunteers.”

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