A 39-year-old woman, Nyamyang Thingnok, has been apprehended with a substantial quantity of heroin valued at approximately Rs 4.5 lakh in Tirap district. The arrest was made during a joint anti-drug operation conducted by the police and local administration at Batey Colony in Deomali. A police team carried out a raid at her residence, seizing the contraband along with Rs 9,700 in cash, suspected to be proceeds from the sale of drugs, a mobile phone, and other incriminating materials.
Thingnok had been evading law enforcement since 15 May this year, following the registration of a narcotics case and the subsequent arrest of two of her associates. The accused has a history of involvement in narcotics, having previously been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
