Diphu / Nagaon: heroin Seizure of eight crore rupees in Assam‘s Nagaon And karbi anglong In districts where a suspected drug smuggler was injured in a shootout with police, officials said on Tuesday.
Acting on the basis of secret information, it was said that three-four persons are smuggling drugs. Dimapur He said that on Monday, the police stopped suspected smugglers on Sunday Bazar Road in Karbi Anglong district.
A police officer said they opened fire on the police who retaliated, allegedly in “self-defence”.
After the encounter, the police found a bullet injured person lying on the ground, carrying a 7.65 mm pistol and a bag, he said.
He said that 50 soap cans, worth Rs 6 crore, and 20 ammunition were found in the bag along with 626 grams of heroin.
Search is on to nab the rest, the official said, adding that the two persons fled towards Nagaland.
Police said a man was arrested in Nagaon district with 303 grams of heroin, which is worth around Rs 2 crore.
He said that the police arrested him from Nonoi under Nagaon police station area after his car was stopped.
He claimed that the arrested person has been identified as RK Hoppingson, a most wanted drug dealer in Senapati district of Manipur.
Police said he was carrying drugs from Dimapur to Nagaon.
Hoppingson, a resident of Dimapur in Nagaland, allegedly smuggled drugs into the northeastern states through smugglers, a police official said.
Acting on the basis of secret information, it was said that three-four persons are smuggling drugs. Dimapur He said that on Monday, the police stopped suspected smugglers on Sunday Bazar Road in Karbi Anglong district.
A police officer said they opened fire on the police who retaliated, allegedly in “self-defence”.
After the encounter, the police found a bullet injured person lying on the ground, carrying a 7.65 mm pistol and a bag, he said.
He said that 50 soap cans, worth Rs 6 crore, and 20 ammunition were found in the bag along with 626 grams of heroin.
Search is on to nab the rest, the official said, adding that the two persons fled towards Nagaland.
Police said a man was arrested in Nagaon district with 303 grams of heroin, which is worth around Rs 2 crore.
He said that the police arrested him from Nonoi under Nagaon police station area after his car was stopped.
He claimed that the arrested person has been identified as RK Hoppingson, a most wanted drug dealer in Senapati district of Manipur.
Police said he was carrying drugs from Dimapur to Nagaon.
Hoppingson, a resident of Dimapur in Nagaland, allegedly smuggled drugs into the northeastern states through smugglers, a police official said.
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