Drug peddler with brown sugar held in Arunachal

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Press Trust of India Itanagar
Last Updated : Jan 31 2015 | 4:55 PM IST
An alleged drug peddler was arrested with 50 gram of brown sugar from Namsai in Lohit district, police said today.
One Mohd Serbeque Ahmed of Dibrugarh in Assam paid a visit to a woman's house at Namsai on January 28 last. In his absence the woman searched his bag and found the contraband and informed the police leading to his arrest yesterday, IGP (Law and Order) I D Shukla told reporters here.
"The contraband was brought from Dimapur," he said.
Shukla said that around 167 cases of drug peddling were registered from Lohit, Dibang Valley, Lower Dibang Valley and Longding districts last year.
Reports of involvement of NSCN(K) in drug peddling at Tirap, Changalng and Longding districts were also available with the police, he said.
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First Published: Jan 31 2015 | 4:55 PM IST

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