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Siliguri Metropolitan Police special op group seizes narcotics, two held

In another incident, a state forest department team and the Sashastra Seem Bal seized a number of illegal timber logs from different locations of Nagrakata block

Our Bureau Siliguri, Jalpaiguri Published 23.09.21, 03:07 AM
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The special operation group (SOG) of the Siliguri Metropolitan Police arrested two persons with narcotics on Tuesday.

Police sources said Khaibul Muhammad, a resident of Islampur of North Dinajpur and Bapi Singha, a Matigara resident were nabbed with 260 grams of brown sugar — a derivative of heroin — and 22 bottles of cough syrup during the raid at Biswas Colony, a locality under Matigara police station.

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In the past 72 hours, this is the second such raid conducted by the SOG in which narcotics was seized.

In another incident, a team of the state forest department and the Sashastra Seem Bal (SSB) seized a number of illegal timber logs from different locations of Nagrakata block on Wednesday.

The team, sources said, raided areas like Dangapara, Khasbusty, Hajipara and Bamandanga.

Also, a deer horn was seized from Nagrakata. Paku Kheria, a local resident, has been arrested in this connection.

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