In a major crackdown against themenace of drug markets mushrooming at an alarming pace in and around the borderlocation between Assam's Margherita and Changlang District of ArunachalPradesh, team Changlang Police in association with F-149 unit of Changlang CRPlead by Inspector C.A. Namchoom apprehended 3 drug peddlers on Wednesday besidesrecovering around 83 grams of suspected drug contraband from the possession ofthe three anti-social elements separately on Tuesday afternoon.

According to Changlang Police, the apprehended persons hailed from Margherita and Dibrugarh based were identified as Md Sofi Shah (33) of Borgolai Telkhat  Basti, Ghanshyam Pradhan(46 ) of Margherita Tinali and Md. Ijaz Khan(22)  son of Younis Khan, of Loharpatti Gali no2 under Dibrugarh Police Station.

The Superintendent of Police of Changlangduring expressed great concern in regard to the extent of damage caused due togrowing menace of the drugs in various forms in human society and underlinedthe irreparable loss the deadly substance has been causing particularly to theyouths section irrespective if geography

Meanwhile, a has been registeredat Changlang police Station vides CLG PS C No 30/19 and prosecuted u/s21(b)/28/29 of the NDPS Act.