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
Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with Meghalaya police, seized a huge quantity of Medicines, Clothing, and Glass frames worth Rs 88 lakhs, which were meant to be smuggled to Bangladesh from the international border of South West Khasi Hills, said BSF in a statement.
"In a swift anti-poaching operation, the Indian Coast Guard confiscated approximately 71 kg Sea Cucumber near Uchipuli sea shore and handed over the seized contraband to the forest department for legal formalities," officials of the Indian Coast Guard said.
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.
Telangana Police have arrested two ganja peddlers, who were part of an interstate ganja racket, from Hyderabad and seized from them 90 Kg of the contraband, said the police, adding that the accused indulged in transporting ganja from Odisha to Hyderabad by using a courier service.
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.
"Sensing an imminent threat and to stop further misadventure, BSF troops fired upon the miscreant in self-defence, killing him on the spot," read the statement
In a joint operation, Assam Rifles and Kamalpur police station on Tuesday seized 23 grams of drugs worth over Rs 9.2 lakhs and apprehended a person in Tripura's Dhalai district, officials informed through a statement.