Shillong, May 21: In a significant drug bust, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) team, led by Additional Superintendent of Police E. Jhand along with officers and personnel from Lumshnong Police Station, detained a Tata Sumo vehicle traveling from Silchar, Assam.
During the inspection, authorities discovered 58 soap boxes containing heroin, weighing approximately 609 grams. The seized heroin holds an estimated market value of Rs 5.5 crores.
The operation resulted in the detention of one individual. Alongside the heroin, police also confiscated the Tata Sumo vehicle and a mobile phone in the presence of witnesses.
An NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) case has been registered, and further investigations are underway to unravel the full extent of the drug trafficking network.
This major drug seizure comes just a day after Idashisha Nongrang, IPS, assumed her new role as Director General of Police (DGP).