Meghalaya social welfare department on Thursday held a meeting with the Shillong All Faiths Forum (SAFF) to discuss about the drug menace in the state.
Paul Lyngdoh, minister incharge of social welfare on Monday informed that the government of Meghalaya has identified different districts in the state thar are considered as hotspots of drug addiction and traffiking.
In a major operation by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) against organised drug syndicates operating in the North Eastern Region, 3.99 kgs of Heroin smuggled through the Indo-Myanmar border was seized along NH-44 at Mawryngkneng, in the outskirts of Shillong city on Thursday.
In a massive crackdown against contraband items, a team of Narcotics Control Bureau, Guwahati seized 2126.660 kg of Ganja along with a truck in Guwahati.
Meanwhile, in mission mode crackdown against drugs, in the last 5 months Tinsukia Police have Conducted 71 Operations against Drugs and arrested 208 drug peddlers