On Saturday, the Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police arrested six individuals involved in drug trafficking and confiscated 46 grams of heroin in the Khanapara region of Guwahati.
According to authorities, the detained drug peddlers have been identified as Sanjay Biswa (28), Avtar Singh (30), Shyamal Pegu (19), Bikash Ali (23), Nayan Talukdar (28), and Yuvraj Kalyan (24).
Deputy Inspector General (STF) of Police Partha Sarathi Mahanta told the media that, “Acting upon a source input on a probable drugs consignment an operation was launched by STF Assam on Saturday in Guwahati to foil the criminal act by apprehending the persons involved.”
“Accordingly the team of STF Assam caught hold of a team of six drugs peddlers along with 46 grams of heroin concealed in 33 numbers of vials from their possession at Khanapara, Guwahati,” Mahanta said.
The heroin that was recovered and the six drug peddlers who were apprehended have been transferred to the local authorities at the Basistha police station in order to initiate the required legal procedures by filing a case.