ITANAGAR, Jul 12: In a major drug bust, the Tawang District Police has arrested 10 persons, including three habitual peddlers, during multiple raids conducted across Tawang township.
Police also seized 33 plastic vials containing suspected heroin weighing 48.4 grams worth about Rs 1.2 lakh, 12 empty vials, 10 syringes, 9 mobile phones and some cash suspected to be sale proceeds from them, sources said today.
The arrested drug peddlers have been identified as Sunil Magar alias Michael, Sangey Khum, and Lobsang Tseten.
Tawang SP D W Thongon said that it is the largest ever seizure made by the District Police till date.
On being tipped off that one individual namely, Sunil Magar alias Michael was coming to Tawang with suspected narcotics, an immediate team led by DySP Tasso Kato, and Tawang PS OC Inspector Niyi Angu was formed. Under close supervision of SP Thongon, the team conducted multiple raids across Tawang township including Old Market, Nehru Market and near Parade Ground, Tawang.
During the raids, a total of 10 arrests were made including 3 habitual peddlers namely, Sunil Magar @ Michael from Parade Ground, Sangey Khum from Old Market and Lobsang Tseten from New Market.
A case under Section 21(b)/25/27(a)/29 of NDPS Act has been registered at Tawang Police Station and endorsed to SI Bapok Lego for investigation.