[ Karyir Riba ]
ROING, Sep 16: The anti-drug squad (ADS) of the police department here in Lower Dibang Valley district arrested three drug peddlers in three days, and seized approximately 100 gms of suspected brown sugar from their possession.
While one of the peddlers, Miding Passing, was arrested from Meka village
on Saturday, the two others – Biju Mega and Anno Rimey – were arrested from Shantipur on Monday.
After getting information that a drug supplier from Assam had delivered a package to Passing, the ADS, led by DSP Tab Techi, raided Passing’s house and arrested him with approximately 70 gms of suspected brown sugar. His apprehension preceded the arrest of Mega and Rimey, from whom 30 gms of contraband substance, suspected to be brown sugar, were seized.
The DSP gave assurance that the main drug supplier from Assam would also be arrested as soon as all the peddlers in Roing township are identified.
