Shillong, Oct 12: Suspected heroin worth Rs 1.5 crore was seized from an ambulance and four persons arrested from Kuliang in East Jaintia Hills district on Monday.
The Maruti Eeco ambulance (ML-13-B-1459) was intercepted by police during a naka checking around 1 am at Damcherra under Umkiang Police Patrol Post in Kuliang area.
The vehicle was travelling from Silchar in Assam towards Guwahati.
Altogether 27 soap cases containing suspected heroin weighing around 410 gram were seized from the four occupants, police said.
The accused Alom Hussain Laskar, Nazim Uddin Burbhuiya, Mahir Hussain Mazumdar and Hashina Mamata Choudhury, are residents of Silchar, Assam, police said.
A case has been registered at Lumshnong police station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in this regard.
Superintendent of Police Shailendra Bamaniya on Monday said the seizure was part of an intensified crackdown on transit crime networks operating through the state.
