Overview
- The detained individuals—Rintu G Saikia, Pynhoi Nongtdu, Hubert Lamphrang Paliar, Marwill Nangbah and Aisha Khatoon—were picked up under orders cleared by the PITNDPS Advisory Board.
- The PITNDPS permits preventive detention of repeat offenders for up to one year, with officials warning that detention can be extended if offences resume.
- A joint Anti-Narcotics Task Force and East Jaintia Hills police operation recently seized narcotics worth about Rs 4.4 crore in a single day.
- Meghalaya’s ANTF reports five-year seizures topping Rs 412 crore with 1,061 arrests, and says roughly half the contraband has been destroyed at the Star Cement kiln in Lumshnong.
- The government presented cash awards to eight ANTF personnel, identified Ri-Bhoi and East Jaintia Hills as key corridors, expanded operations into cantonment zones, and said DREAM funding plus vehicle scanners are being pursued with the Centre.