Shillong: East Jaintia Hills police seized 409.89 grams of suspected heroin from an ambulance during a naka checking at Damcherra in the Kuliang area early Monday. Four people have been arrested in connection with the seizure.
The seizure was made around 1 am at a naka under the Umkiang Police Patrol Post (PPP), where police intercepted and searched a Maruti Eeco ambulance bearing registration number ML-13-B-1459.
According to police, the vehicle was carrying 27 plastic soap-sized boxes containing suspected heroin, with an estimated market value of Rs 1.5 crore.
The ambulance had reportedly travelled from Silchar in Assam and was heading towards Guwahati when it was intercepted.
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Police arrested the four occupants, identified as Alom Hussain Laskar, Nazim Uddin Burbhuiya, Manir Hussain Mazumdar and Hashina Mamata Choudhury. All four are residents of Silchar, Assam.
The seizure was part of what police described as an ongoing statewide crackdown on transit crime networks.
A case has been registered at Lumshnong police station under Case No. 39(10)2026 under Sections 8(c), 21(c) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The operation was conducted by the East Jaintia Hills district police as part of regular naka checking at the state’s eastern entry point.
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