BAGHMARA, June 11: The Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of South Garo Hills arrested at least three persons from Gasuapara village after a huge consignment of the contraband, Phensedyl, was found from their possession.
The incident took place on Saturday afternoon.
As per reports, sources informed the SGH police of the house of one Badal Koch in the village of Kodomboka where a huge consignment of contraband was being stored. The area is close to the border with Bangladesh which has a very high demand for the contraband, amongst others.
After receiving the information, a raid was conducted by the ANTF team of SGH on the house of Koch from where at least 256 bottles (100ml each) of the banned cough syrup was recovered.
Accordingly, all the suspects involved in the trade were arrested along with Koch.
Police, however, added that they are on the lookout for the kingpin who is allegedly hiding in Assam.
The three suspects taken into custody are Badal Koch, Dilgrak M Sangma and Sengbath R Marak (both of Purakhasia, WGH) and a case has been registered at Gasuapara PS.
Investigation into the matter is currently on, as informed by SGH police.
