Dibrugarh, July 9: The wanted druglord Md Ilahi Sheikh, alleged kingpin of an illegal drug racket active in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, was arrested from his hideout at Tipam Lalpahar in Tinsukia district of Assam, police said today.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team from Dibrugarh arrested 60-year-old Ilahi yesterday, Dibrugarh district Superintendent of Police Bir Bikram Gogoi said.
Eighteen gms of brown sugar, one 7.65 calibre pistol with magazine, five rounds of live 7.65 ammunition, one night vision device were seized by police from his house at Kalibari in Dibrugarh town this morning, Gogoi said, adding Ilahi accompanied the police team.
His wife and co-accused Asu Begum is absconding and search is on for her, police spokesman Rajiv Saikia said.
Ilahi operated from Dibrugargh town and was active in Upper Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, a police offical said.
