One arrested with heroin worth Rs 10 lakh in Meghalaya

A 29-year-old man from Assam’s Chirang was arrested in Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district after suspected heroin worth Rs 10 lakh was seized from his possession, police said on Friday.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team apprehended the person when he was travelling from Guwahati to Shillong in a tourist taxi, Ri-Bhoi SP Vivekanand Singh told reporters.

He is a resident of Chirang district of Assam, he said.