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Shillong: Meghalaya Police stopped a drug haul early Monday. Officers pulled over a Maruti Eeco ambulance at a routine checkpoint in the East Jaintia Hills district. The bust happened at 1 am in the Kuliang area at Damcherra. Police found 409.89 grams of suspected heroin hidden inside 27 soap boxes stashed in the vehicle.
The ambulance, registered as ML-13-B-1459, was traveling from Silchar, Assam, toward Guwahati. Police arrested the four occupants: Alom Hussain Laskar, Nazim Uddin Burbhuiya, Manir Hussain Mazumdar, and Hashina Mamata Choudhury. All four suspects live in Silchar. The seized drugs hold an estimated market value of Rs 1.5 crore.
Superintendent of Police Shailendra Bamaniya confirmed the operation at the state entry point targets ongoing transit crime networks. Lumshnong Police Station registered the case as number 39(10)2026. The department charged the suspects under Sections 8(c), 21(c), and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. A police press release stated the operation was part of an "ongoing statewide crackdown on transit crime networks."
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