As many as 12 drug peddlers including 4 women were arrested along with contraband drugs in Guwahati by Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police on Monday evening.
In a joint operation, the team of Special Task Force (STF), Assam and Kamrup district police have seized a large quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 2 crore and arrested five persons including two women on Saturday.
Deputy Inspector General (STF) of Police Partha Sarathi Mahanta told ANI that, "Acting upon a source input on a probable drugs consignment an operation was launched by STF Assam on Saturday in Guwahati to foil the criminal act by apprehending the persons involved."
Assam Rifles have seized a large number of contraband drugs worth Rs 1.65 crore in Mizoram's Champhai district, said an official statement from Assam Rifles on Thursday.
Guwahati Police seized 198 soap boxes containing suspected heroin weighing 2.527 kg in the Jorabat area, on the outskirts of Guwahati, on Sunday night and arrested three people, police said.
Guwahati Police seized 198 soap boxes containing suspected heroin weighing 2.527 kg at Jorabat ar
In a joint operation, BSF and Karimganj district police arrested two persons and seized one pistol and 143 grams of heroin from their possession in Assam's Karimganj district on Sunday night, police said on Monday.
"The team apprehended 3 persons and a total of 700 gram of heroin packed in 57 soap cases, concealed in secret cabins of the vehicles, was recovered from their possession," a senior official of STF said.
Sitapur District Drug Disposal Committee (DDC) on Saturday disposed of about 50 kilograms of contraband drugs which were seized by the police from time to time and stored in the Malkhanas of the various police stations of the district, said authorities.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint operation was launched by BSF and Punjab police in the early hours of Sunday on the outskirts of village Machiwara in Ferozepur district.