Drug peddlers in police custody. Image: Northeast Now
Drug peddlers in police custody. Image: Northeast Now

In its massive drive against drugs in the district, Dibrugarh police on Friday night arrested five drug peddlers and seized 85 gram of โ€œheroinโ€ from their possession.

The peddlers have been identified as Lakhya Konwar, Kartik Phukan, Debasis Bordoloi, Raj Verma and Mohammad Udit Ali.

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โ€œWe received information about them and conducted a raid in Boiragimoth area of Dibrugarh town and arrested them,โ€ police said.

โ€œWe also seized 85 gram of suspected heroin from their possession. We also seized a car and Rs 5100 cash from them,โ€ the police added.

A case has been registered against them at the Dibrugarh police station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.

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Recently, police seized 1.03 kg of cocaine, worth Rs 1 Crore from Milan Nagar area of Dibrugarh town.

Avik Chakraborty is Northeast Now Correspondent in Dibrugarh. He can be reached at: [email protected]