Five arrested under Narcotics Act in Shillong City

A Correspondent

SHILLONG: Five persons have been arrested on the outskirts of the city for allegedly supplying drugs.

According to police, based on reliable inputs from a sister agency that one tourist vehicle bearing registration No. AS 01 LC 4807 which was travelling from Guwahati to Shillong is being used by drug suppliers for transporting contraband drugs, a joint operation was carried out along with an Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) team and Mawlai Police Station staff to intercept the vehicle at Mawiongrim viewpoint.

“The vehicle was successfully intercepted at the viewpoint and it was occupied by five persons and the driver. On following the procedures of the NDPS Act and searching the vehicle and personal belongings of the occupants, 10.174 kg of suspected amphetamine Yaba tablets were found to be inside the travel trolley of Jiten Wairokpam Singh,” police said.

According to the police, upon examination of the suspect, it was ascertained that he was in involved in trafficking the contraband drugs along with four others – Akoijam Subhachandra Singh, Samphangso Shinglai, Nganba Wairokpham Chenglei and a lady Nengneichong Lhanglal, all from Manipur’s Thoubal and Ukhrul districts.

All five accused have been arrested and a case has been registered vide Mawlai P.S Case No. 14(02)2020 U/S 29/21 (c) NDPS Act.

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