Police apprehended two suspected drug peddlers yesterday at Mawryngkneng.
The two were identified as Mastak Ahmed Mazumder (26) and Hanif Ahmed Laskar (29).
Based on credible inputs, the Anti-Narcotic Task Force (ANTF) of East Khasi Hills undertook an operation to arrest the two and seized five soap boxes containing heroin weighing 56.93g and 196 methamphetamine (yaba) tablets weighing 19.16g. Other items like mobile phones, voter ID card, PAN card, etc were also seized.
In this connection, a case has been registered at Mawryngkneng police station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and further investigations are underway.