Shillong: Five Manipur residents, including four women, have been arrested in Meghalaya and drugs worth Rs 20 lakh have been seized, police said on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip-off, police conducted vehicle checking and seized 197 gm of heroin, worth Rs 20 lakh, from a tourist taxi moving towards Khliehriat in East Jaintia Hills on Tuesday.
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Based on inputs provided by them, the drug consignment recipient was arrested in Shillong on Wednesday. Following her interrogation, two other suppliers were also nabbed, a police officer said.
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