Meghalaya emerging as 'heroin distribution centre': Police
Shillong, June 26: Meghalaya is slowly emerging as the "heroin distribution centre" of India, a police official said on Tuesday.
"With Shillong as the transit point, many players, some with militant background or affiliations are involved in the drug trafficking business to fund their anti-social activities," said East Khasi Hills district police chief Davis Marak.
Addressing a programme on the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2018, he said: "The rise in petty crimes in some areas has also been attributed to the growing numbers of drug users, particularly among the youth, who commit such crimes to satiate their cravings."
Noting that most traffickers come from low income families or those with a history of broken homes, Marak stressed on the need to pay more attention to the youth and urged all stakeholders to work hand in hand with police to curb the menace of drug abuse and illicit trafficking.
He also told the gathering that in its continued efforts to curb the dangers of drug abuse and illicit trafficking, the Police Department, beginning this week, is also organising a week long awareness programme in different localities, schools and colleges.
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Bundles of currency notes recovered from heap of cow dung in Odisha
Balasore (Odisha) (PTI): In a raid by police teams from Hyderabad and Odisha, a huge amount of cash was recovered from a heap of cow dung at a village in Balasore district, an officer said on Saturday.
The recovery was made at Badamandaruni village under the Kamarda police station limits, he said.
A team of police officials from Hyderabad and Odisha reached the village and raided the house of the in-laws of accused Gopal Behera.
Gopal, who is absconding at present, worked in an agro-based company in Hyderabad and he had allegedly stolen more than Rs 20 lakhs from the company locker.
He allegedly sent the money to the village through his brother-in-law Rabindra Behera.
Acting on a complaint, a team of Hyderabad Police with Kamarda police raided Rabindra’s house and recovered a huge amount of money concealed in a heap of cow dung.
Kamarda police station IIC Premada Nayak said both Gopal and his brother-in-law Rabindra are absconding.
Still, one of their family members from the village has been detained, and an investigation is underway, the officer added.
