Guwahati, Sept. 4 -- A Special Court under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Assam's Kamrup (Metro) district has sentenced three persons to 15 years' rigorous imprisonment and fined them Rs 2 lakh each.

The Special Judge, NDPS, Kamrup (M), Guwahati, Assam, on September 3 convicted three persons, namely Shakil Khan, Yahiya Khan and Mithilesh Kumar, in connection with a case of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Guwahati Crime No 13/2020.

After completion of a successful trial, the accused were found guilty of the offence under Sections 22 (c), 28, 29, 35 and 54 of the NDPS) Act and were convicted.

Accordingly, all three accused, were sentenced to 15 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2 lakh each, i...