A senior official of STF said, "Acting on intelligence input, an STF team led by Additional Superintendent of Police Kalyan Kumar Pathak conducted a raid at Hotel Bijita in the Paltan Bazar area of Guwahati on Wednesday."
The action was taken under Sections 68-E and 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and is linked with three cases registered at two different police stations.
In yet another success in its fight against smuggling operations, Assam Rifles recovered heroin weighing 936 grams worth Rs 6.55 crore and apprehended an individual in the general area of Zokhawthar Champhai district on Tuesday.
Highlighting centre's efforts in combating drug menace in the country, Union home ministry stated that the seized drugs during the Modi government were thirty times as compared to the previous government from 2016-2013.
Hyderabad Police in collaboration with the education department and Hyderabad City Security Council (HCSC) launched a holistic initiative for Drug-Free Hyderabad on Sunday.
In a joint operation, Assam Rifles and Mizoram police recovered drugs and foreign origin beer worth Rs 1.75 crore in Champhai district along Indo-Myanmar border, Officials said.
In a Major breakthrough in the ongoing investigation of the MD Drug seizure at Pimpri Chinchwad in Maharashtra's Pune, Police arrested a Police Sub inspector for his alleged involvement in the drug racket in the local area.
Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya virtually inaugurated 27 greenfield bulk drug park projects and 13 greenfield manufacturing plants for medical devices here on Saturday.
Journalists staged a protest in front of the Chennai Commissioner's office for reportedly registering an FIR complaint against a private Tamil channel video journalist who was attacked by DMK functionaries earlier regarding the coverage of a drug racket.
"The city police, now Pimpri-Chinchwad police, swung into action and seized 2.38 kg of MD drugs worth Rs 2,02,00,000 and arrested the accused from the Pimple Nilakh area of Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune district on Friday," said an official.