Assam Rifles and state police, in a joint operation on Saturday, seized 22.68 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 9.7 lakh from Assam's Cachar District and apprehended four drug peddlers.
"A joint operation was launched by Assam Rifles with police representatives from Baraigram Watch Post under Patharkandi Police Station in which two drug peddlers were apprehended along with 23.7 gm of brown sugar worth approximately Rs 9,70,000 from the general area of Nagaria Village und
The apprehended individuals and seized contents were handed over to Patharkandi Police Station for further investigation and legal proceedings. Assam Rifles has demonstrated its commitment to a drug-free society.
Based on intelligence input, a raid was conducted by a team of STF, Bhubaneswar near Jodiaghati in Keonjhar on Monday evening against illegal dealing and possession of narcotic drugs.
In a crackdown on the drug trade, the Special Crime Unit (SCU) of Bhubaneswar Police has arrested two notorious brown sugar peddlers and seized a significant amount of illegal substances valued at Rs 66 lakh.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) filed a prosecution complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against four accused involved in the 'brown sugar business', the agency said through an official release on Tuesday.
In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, the Kolkata Customs Preventive apprehended three individuals during a transaction of brown sugar in Basirhat on December 3, 2023.
The special operation group(SOG) of Siliguri Metropolitan Police seized brown sugar weighted around 4.892kgs worth around 4 to 5 crores and arrested three persons on Wednesday afternoon
In the disposal programme Guwahati city police destroyed 3217 kg of ganja, 7.252 kg of heroin, 1.86 lakh tablets, 16.88 kg of brown sugar, 20043 bottles of cough syrup, 22.30 kg of opium, 843 grams of raw materials of brown sugar at Chandrapur area in Guwahati.