The arrested security personnel. Image: Northeast Now

Tripura police on Thursday arrested three security personnel and seized drugs worth of Rs 1 lakh from their possession from Kanchanpur area of the state.

Among the three security personnel, one was employed as a PSO of Tripuraโ€™s social welfare minister Santana Chakma.

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โ€œToday, a team led by Kanchanpur SDPO Bikramjit Sukla raided a forest nursery and caught the security personnel red-handed with heroin,โ€ police said.

Speaking to Northeast Now, Sukla said that he had information about the involvement of the security personnel in the illegal drug business.

โ€œI had information that three security personnel were carrying out an illegal drugs trade from the nursery. And today we raided the nursery and caught them red-handed,โ€ Sukla said.

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The arrested persons have been identified as Dilip Chakma, Norottam Chakma, and Sanjib Chakma.

โ€œAmong the arrested, Dilip Chakma is a PSO of Tripuraโ€™s social welfare minister Santana Chakma,โ€ Sukla informed.

Police constable Norottam Chakma works at the Kanchanpur Court and Sanjib Chakma is a rifleman at TSR 8th Battalion.