Itanagar: Three women were arrested in Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding district after heroin worth Rs 6 lakh was recovered from their possession, police said on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Longding Deputy Superintendent of Police B Tangjang was deployed near the Pumao-Longding tri-junction and these police personnel seized 197.6 gram of the narcotics substance from the three alleged drug peddlers on Saturday, a senior officer said.
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The three women were arrested and a case under the NDPS Act has been registered against them at Longding police station, he added.
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