Shillong, Sep 7 (PTI) Six suspected drug peddlers, including three women, were arrested in Shillong with heroin worth Rs 13.7 lakh, police said on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip-off, the Anti-Narcotic Task Force (ANTF) intercepted a taxi in Laitumkhrah area on Tuesday night, they said.
Four people were in the vehicle, and 13.54 gram of heroin and 153 vials were seized from them. The accused were identified as Debojit Ghosh (28), Badonbok Marwein (28), Ibapynhun Marwein (29) and Macdonald Khongmalai (26), Superintendent of Police (City) Vivek Syiem said.
After interrogating them, ANTF nabbed one Deepika Roy (32) from Laitumkhrah Main Road who led the investigators to the house of Archana Roy (25).
While 57.54 gram of heroin and Rs 1.94 lakh in cash were seized from Archana’s house, the investigators found 66.7 gram of heroin, Rs 19,000 in cash and gold jewellery of 256 gram from Deepika’s house in Nongrimbah Laitumkhrah, Syiem said. A total of 137.78 gram of heroin and Rs 2.14 lakh in cash were seized in the raids, he said.
A case has been registered at the Laitumkhrah police station, he added.