Shillong: In a successful operation, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of East Jaintia Hills Police in Meghalaya seized 67.36 grams of heroin from a commercial vehicle during a “naka” checking at Lumshnong Police Checkpoint on Friday.
The team with the said drugs also arrested one person identified as Gabriel Elvin Thabah (33), a resident of Lower Mawprem, Shillong.
The police said that the vehicle was coming from Silchar and was proceeding towards Shillong.
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The police based on the input apprehended Thabah from the commercial vehicle, and upon searching his backpack, they recovered six soap boxes containing an orange-coloured powder.
On verifying the powder, it turned out to be heroin.
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A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against Thabah, who is currently in police custody.