A man was apprehended in Assam’s Mankachar area on Thursday after police allegedly recovered suspected heroin from his possession during a raid conducted at Kuchnimara village.
In a swift, intelligence-led operation near the India–Myanmar border, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in coordination with the Assam Rifles, dismantled a major international drug trafficking network, seizing 7.312 kg of high-grade heroin.
Once considered a low-prevalence state for illicit drug use, Meghalaya is now facing a growing crisis, with new research revealing that many residents are starting drug use as early as their school years.
Three persons have been arrested along with heroin in Shillong. They have been identified as Rohit Mattu, Ansh Sher Gill alias Suraj Gill and Raman Raina, ANTF SP Jagpal Singh Dhanoa said on Wednesday.
