GUWAHATI: Assam Police, on June 10, apprehended two drug peddlers in Biswanath district of Assam.
The arrested persons have been identified as Jiten Biswas (32 years) and Sanjay Bhattacharyya (22 years).
Based on a source input, in a search operation, 15 (fifteen) plastic boxes (of red, blue and green colours) were found concealed in the frame of the front left door of a passenger vehicle.
The 15 packets were weighed using an electronic weighing machine and found to be 180 grams of suspected heroin worth Rs. 15 lakhs.
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Jiten Biswas is a veteran drug peddler who had earlier been arrested by Sipajhar PS in 2015 on charges of carrying 8,000 intoxicating tablets.
He was also arrested in Naharlagun (Arunchal Pradesh) along with 4 others on charges of possessing a 9 mm pistol and for carrying 85 grams of heroin.
During initial interrogation, he confessed that he had purchased the seized heroin for a sum of Rs 7 lakhs from Kaliabor area.
The other accused was also in jail and was released recently because of COVID-19 pandemic.
The operation, interrogation and investigation were led by DSP (HQ) along with OC, Sootea PS and staff.