Itanagar, March 10 Police seized 26 grams of heroin, valued at approximately Rs 1.37 lakh, from the residence of a man during a raid in Nongtow Khamti village in the Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Acting on credible information about the illegal sale and purchase of narcotic substances, a team led by Namsai SDPO Kengo Dirchi, along with Namsai police station officer-in-charge inspector AK Pandey, and other personnel, conducted a raid on March 9 under the supervision of Namsai SP Sange Thinley.
During the search in the presence of independent witnesses, police recovered the heroin from a sling bag carried by the accused.
The SDPO said that the heroin was seized, packed, and sealed following NDPS procedures, and the entire process was videographed using the E-Sakshya app.
A case under Section 21 (b) of the NDPS Act, 1985, has been registered against the accused, and further investigation is ongoing, police added.