A joint operation by a team of STF led by Deputy Inspector General of Police (STF) Partha Sarathi Mahanta and Kamrup district police launched an operation based on secret information and intercepted a vehicle at Sonapur area.
Based on secret information the police team of Jorabat police intercepted a truck going towards Meghalaya on Sunday morning in the Jorabat area and during the search, the team recovered 61 cattle heads from the vehicle.
Police have seized 1,640 kg of ganja worth over Rs 1 crore from a truck in Assam's Karimganj district along the Assam-Tripura border, and apprehended two persons.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police has arrested a person and seized a large quantity of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) near ISBT bypass, Guwahati.
The police also said that the drug peddler Shahid Hussain was shot in his leg while he was trying to escape. He was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Diphu.
"There are around 60,000-70,000 police personnel, and home guards in Assam and the presence of 2-3 per cent black sheep is natural. Our effort is to shape the Assam police as a people-friendly force. It is not easy to make this, because the Assam police became a force dealing with insurgency
Partha Sarathi Mahanta, DIG of STF told ANI that, based on secret information the Kamrup district police late Saturday night launched an operation and recovered 700 grams of heroin from a vehicle and arrested three drug peddlers.
Assam Police on Tuesday detained protesters in Karimganj who were protesting against the proposed delimitation draft by the Election Commission of India (ECI).