Drug peddler arrested at Itanagar

Our Correspondent

Itanagar: In a major breakthrough, Doimukh Police on Thursday arrested a lady drug peddler and recovered from her a huge quantity of contraband items, weighing 36 kg.

Acting on specific inputs, a police team led by Doimukh PS officer-in-charge Inspector Padi Payang along with ASI Niri Rama under the close supervision of Papum Pare SP Tumme Amo arrested the accused, identified as Yana Lama, and conducted raids in various suspected places of Doimukh and managed to seize around 36 kg of cannabis (ganja). In this connection, a case under section 20 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 has been registered at Doimukh PS and accordingly, an investigation launched, informed OC Payang.