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.
"During search two numbers of soap cases of heroin have been seized from the specially made chambers of the vehicle. The police team apprehended four persons," SP Numal Mahatta said.
In a successful joint operation against drug peddlers in the state, Assam Police and the Border Security Force have seized YABA tablets worth Rs 10 crore in the Chalchapra area of Silchar. The tablets were seized from a vehicle and five people were arrested.
The polling in 28 constituencies of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council in Assam will be held on January 8, repolling if any on January 10. The counting of the votes will be held on January 12.
State Election Commissioner Alok Kumar said that the last date for filing nominations has been fixed for December 21 and scrutiny of applications will be done on December 22.
As per Assam police officials, a total of five incidents have been committed by ULFA(I) this year in which 16 ULFA(I) cadres were arrested and one was killed in Police action.
Numal Mahatta, Superintendent of Police of Cachar district, said that based on secret information, a team of Cachar district police and 147 Bn CRPF launched a joint operation at Silchar Kalain Road under Kalain police station and apprehended a person.
Cachar police of Assam have recovered and seized about 20,000 kg of Burmese Supari (Areca Nuts) from the rugged terrain along Assam-Mizoram border, the officials informed.
In a joint operation, Cachar district police of Assam and CISF on Thursday recovered and seized 4 kg of Methamphetamine worth Rs 20 crore at Kumbhirgram Airport, Silchar in Cachar district and arrested two persons.