In a significant blow to the illicit drug trade, Assam Rifles deployed at Headquarters Veng, Churachandpur District successfully intercepted and recovered a massive cache of banned Yaba tablets and Brown Sugar worth approximately Rs 62 crores in general area Mata Village, Churachandpur Distr
As part of efforts to check drug trafficking, Assam Police seized 7,206 kg heroin and 445 kg of brown sugar from April 2016 to July 2024, state Chief Minister Himanta Sarma informed the Assembly on Thursday.
During the raid late night on Tuesday, 400 bottles of brown sugar, approximately 300 empty vials, and cash amounting to Rs 125,510 were recovered, police said.
The accused were identified as Parasram Meghwal, a resident of Pratapgarh in Rajasthan and his son-in-law Dharmendra Chauhan, a resident of Ratlam. The accused were going to deliver the consignment to Howrah in West Bengal but the Pardeshipura police caught them, the police added.
"During the operation, police team arrested one individual, Ramfanglien Hmar (55) and recovered 22 plastic soap cases containing brown sugar, weighing about 270 grams from his possession. The recovered brown sugar has been seized as per procedure in the presence of independent witnesses. The
In a joint operation, Assam police and Nagaland police arrested the most wanted narcotics drug trafficking kingpin of North East India from Assam's Sonitpur district. The arrested drug trafficking kingpin was identified as Md. Bahar Uddin and he hails from Jeliagrong, Dimapur in Nagaland.
Police seized brown sugar weighing 61.79 grams worth Rs 30.50 lakh, and arrested two people, including a woman, in Assam's Cachar district on Thursday night, officials said.
In a joint operation, police and Assam Rifles seized 126 grams of brown sugar and apprehended a drug peddler in Assam's Cachar district, officials said.
In a joint operation, Assam Rifles and police seized 39 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 27.30 lakh and arrested one drug peddler in Assam's Cachar district on Thursday, an official said.
The Assam Rifles, in joint operation with Lakhipur Police, seized 97 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 68.2 lacs from General Area Binnakandi, under Lakhipur Police Station, in Assam's Cachar district on Friday, said an official release.
"A contraband substance covered in a polythene bag, discovered as brown sugar weighing about 748 gms (worth 1.5 crore rupees) was recovered from his possession during the search," said police.
With the arrest of five drug peddlers, including a woman, Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have busted a narco module in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, an official statement said.