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.
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.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai has seized contraband items worth Rs 135 crore and arrested nine persons, including three foreigners, in separate incidents, officials said on Friday.
Assam Rifles under Inspector General Assam Rifles (East), recovered 17 cases of Foreign Origin Cigarettes, 88 cases of Beer, 15 cases and 2 bottles of whiskey and 16 cases of wine worth Rs 26.86 Lakh in Champhai district on October 7.
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.
A contraband containing cocaine weighing 2.31 gms worth Rs 2.31 lakh and international cannabis has been seized in Ahmedabad, an official statement said on Saturday.
According to officials, the raid was carried out on Wednesday afternoon at Nowdapara Railgate adjacent to National Highway 34 which falls under the jurisdiction of Berhampore Police Station in the district.
'Ganja' and cell phones are the common contraband items that are most frequently smuggled into the prisons among others, the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs raised alarm in its recent report.
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."
According to an official press release by the NIA, "The accused identified as Ratheesh, a resident of Kerala's Kannur district had been absconding in the Trivandrum gold smuggling case in which 30 kg of the contraband was seized in 2020."
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.