Dibrugarh: Three jawans of Assam Rifle and one civilian were arrested with a huge amount of suspected heroin in Dibrugarh district of Assam this morning. The arrest was made by Dibrugarh Police led by Additional Superintendent of Police Bitul Chetia.
The group was intercepted by Police at Jokai near Dibrugarh while they were traveling from Dimapur to Tinsukia. As per Shwetank Mishra Superintendent of Police, Dibrugarh, the police recovered 269 grams of suspected heroin from their possession. The contraband substance is worth Rs 1 crore that was to be delivered by the jawans in Tinsukia to a dealer.
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Apart from the contraband substance, the police also seized two vehicles used by the jawans to deliver the items. A Bolero bearing the registration no (AS07L4096) from Jokai, Dibrugarh and one Tata Xenon bearing registration no (NL11 2673) from Dergaon, Assam was seized from the group.
The arrested jawans have been identified as Ranjit Kumar Singh of 23 Assam Rifles, Binay Kumar of 16 Assam Rifles, Pezslhoulie Rupreo of Dimapur IGR all in uniform and civilian Junush Khan.
A case (2036/21 u/s 22(c)/27A29) has been filed against all the arrested at the Dibrugarh Police Station under the NDPS Act.
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