Agartala: Tripura Police apprehended seven individuals and confiscated contraband items worth approximately Rs 2 lakh in the Abhoynagar area of Agartala city on Wednesday.

A police official stated that they had received information regarding the presence of two drug peddler groups gathering near the Abhoynagar area to distribute narcotics among themselves.

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“Acting on this intelligence, in collaboration with the NCC SDPO and other police officials, we devised a plan to apprehend the individuals. As both groups arrived in the Abhoynagar area in a number plate-less auto-rickshaw and commenced the distribution of drugs, we successfully apprehended seven suspects,” the official said.

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The official further added, “During the operation, we seized 200 vials of heroin, a soap case containing heroin, three mobile phones, and Rs 3,000 in cash.”

The police personnel estimated the confiscated contraband’s value to be approximately Rs 2 lakh.