Drug peddlers from Manipur arrested in Guwahati

Guwahati: Based on the information, a team led by the Crime Branch and Bharalumukh Police launched an operation and arrested three drug peddlers from Manipur in Guwahati on Tuesday.

As per a police report, the drug peddlers including two women were arrested along with approximately 90 gm suspected Brown sugar at AT Road near 6 No. Railway gate in Guwahati.

The crime branch during the operation also recovered 7 seven numbers of soapbox containing suspected brown sugar from their possession.

The drug peddlers were identified as Abdul Khalek (44), Afsana Begum (name changed) and Ruksana Begum (name changed). All of them were reported to be the residents of Imphal in Manipur.

Meanwhile, a case has been registered against them under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act 1985).