In a major crackdown, police in Assam's Cachar district seized narcotics worth Rs 1 crore and arrested one person in connection with the case, officials said.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police on Tuesday recovered 1.128 kg of heroin worth Rs 9 crore at Amingaon area in Assam's Kamrup district, an officer said.
Assam Chief Minister Biswa Sarma on Monday urged the industrialists in Mumbai not to hire labourers from Bangladesh and said that there is a need to "strike at the roots" of the illegal immigrants from the neighbouring country.
Assam Police seized 11,100 bottles of Codeine-based cough syrup worth Rs two crore from a vehicle near Damcherra in the Cachar district of the state on Friday.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday termed the issue of infiltration in the state as "worrying" and said that they had "never detected" so many infiltrators before.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police apprehended another member of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a Bangladesh based terrorist organisation from Dhubri district on Friday, officials said.
Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police on Wednesday recovered and seized 20,000 Yaba tablets and arrested one person at Amingaon area in Kamrup district of Assam, officials said.
In a post on X, CM Sarma wrote, "Drugs worth Rs. 45 crore recovered in a source-backed anti-narcotics operation carried out by Sribhumi Police in Hathikhira area, a truck coming from a neighbouring state was intercepted leading to the recovery of 1.5 lakhs YABA tablets weighing over 16kgs