{"id":282408,"date":"2026-05-09T00:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=282408"},"modified":"2026-05-09T00:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:39:14","slug":"drug-peddlers-arrested-contraband-seized-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/drug-peddlers-arrested-contraband-seized-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug peddlers arrested, contraband seized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PASIGHAT, 7 May:<\/strong> The East Siang police apprehended an individual in an operation conducted here on 5 May, and seized suspected heroin and ganja from his possession.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Acting on credible information, a police team led by ADS (i\/c) IC Ayup Boko, Lady Inspector Amum Panyang, SIs K Tangha and Kodak Dagium, Lady Constable K Atraham, and others, placed a naka, and intercepted Maklung Tayeng, a resident of Mebo, from a night bus while he was travelling to Pasighat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A body search resulted in seizure of heroin weighing 1.49 gm and ganja weighing 3.12 gm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The accused person was apprehended, and all seized items handed over to the respective police stations for further legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A case U\/S 21(a)\/20(b)(ii)(A)of the NDPS Act has been registered, and further investigation is underway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the police busted another drug racket in Silluk village under Mebo police station on 6 May, and arrested three suspected drug peddlers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Acting on credible information regarding illegal peddling of narcotic substances, a police team led by ADS (i\/c) Ayup Boko, along with SI K Tangha, ASI R Lowang, and constables, laid a naka at the Silluk market in the evening of 6 May.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the operation, the team intercepted a Toyota Hyryder, travelling from Roing towards Mebo. A search of the occupants&#8217; bodies and the vehicle led to the seizure of orange-coloured powdery substance,suspected to be heroin, weighing 21.4 grams, four vials, two syringes, Rs 75,700 in cash, and the car.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All three were apprehended and the seized items were handed over to the Mebo police station for further legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A case U\/S 21(b) NDPS r\/w Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered at the Mebo police station, and further investigation is underway. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PASIGHAT, 7 May: The East Siang police apprehended an individual in an operation conducted here on 5 May, and seized suspected heroin and ganja from his possession. Acting on credible information, a police team led by ADS (i\/c) IC Ayup Boko, Lady Inspector Amum Panyang, SIs K Tangha and Kodak Dagium, Lady Constable K Atraham, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-282408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282413,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282408\/revisions\/282413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}