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.
Based on intelligence input, a raid was conducted by a team of STF, Bhubaneswar near Jodiaghati in Keonjhar on Monday evening against illegal dealing and possession of narcotic drugs.
In a crackdown on the drug trade, the Special Crime Unit (SCU) of Bhubaneswar Police has arrested two notorious brown sugar peddlers and seized a significant amount of illegal substances valued at Rs 66 lakh.
Police attached the Rs 87 lakh worth of property of two drug peddlers in Degwar Tarwan, a village near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Pooch district.
The Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai Crime Branch arrested two drug peddlers from the Ghatkopar area and recovered MD drugs worth Rs 30 lakh on Wednesday. The drugs were seized by the Worli unit of ANC.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police recovered a large quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 15 crore and apprehended two drug peddlers in Kamrup district on Tuesday.
The land has been seized under Section 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985, police said, adding that the drug peddler was found involved in two separate cases under Sections 8 and 21 of the NDPS Act at Kralgund police station.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police on Tuesday recovered and seized 982 grams of heroin and arrested a drug peddler in Assam's Hojai district.
The operation was carried out on Thursday night by a team of STF led by Parthasarathi Mahanta, DIG (STF) and Kalyan Kumar Pathak, Additional Superintendent of Police (HQ), Kamrup cum Additional SP, STF.
"During the operation, the police team recovered and seized 464 grams of heroin. Cash of Rs 1,92,350, one motorcycle, and two cars were also seized. One person has been apprehended in this connection," a senior police official of Nagaon district said.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police seized a large quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 1.2 crore and apprehended a drug peddler in Kamrup district on Friday night, officials said.