Meghalaya: Gang involved in abducting and looting truck drivers busted
NNN/Shillong8 Nov 2023
The Meghalaya police have busted a gang involved in abducting and looting truck drivers by arresting three of its members in East Khasi Hills district.
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The Meghalaya police have busted a gang involved in abducting and looting truck drivers by arresting three of its members in East Khasi Hills district.
Police recovered 21 soap boxes containing heroin weighing 253.53 grams.
Miscreants pelted stones and empty beer bottles at the BSF troops after they foiled a smuggling attempt from along the international border in East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.
DRI said a consignment of Heroin weighing 2.21 kg meant for the Shillong-based drug syndicates smuggled through the Indo-Myanmar border and brought from Manipur was seized in East Khasi Hills.
'The ground floor of the house where a fire broke out was found used for the storage of cannabis/ganja,' Meghalaya police said.
A total of 85,234 COVID-19 cases have so far been detected in Meghalaya.
Night curfew has been ordered with effect from 10 pm to 5 am daily in the district as part of the containment measures.
Meghalaya's COVID-19 tally surged to 75,735 on Monday.
Meghalaya recorded 257 new COVID-19 positive cases on Saturday.
The number of COVID-19 active cases in Meghalaya stands at 4,513 as of Saturday.
The district magistrate issued prohibitory orders restraining any assembly or gathering without due permission.
The Meghalaya Health department has decided to increase testing capacity and provide early treatment to symptomatic cases.
On Thursday, 109 new COVID-19 positive cases were detected in Meghalaya
In the latest order, District Magistrate of East Khasi Hills Nongbri said that a house and the Municipal quarters at Malki and Bishop Cotton Road have been sealed due to the detection of COVID-19 cases and high risk contact.