According to the police, the drugs were transported from Pakistan using drones. The Punjab Police Chief Gaurav Yadav termed the crackdown "a big blow to trans-border narcotic network".
One Pakistani drone was recovered in a joint operation conducted by Border Security Force and Punjab Police in Amritsar, an official statement said on Sunday.
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."
The accused, identified as 31-year-old Juned Khan alias Juber, hailing from Bairam Nagar of Uttar Pradesh’s Bilaspur was arrested from Ghazipur Shamshan Ghat with 1.541 kilograms of heroin, valued at over Rs 1.5 crore, police said on Tuesday.
The accused Juned Khan belonging to Bilaspur used a vehicle to commit the crime. "A team of ANTF, Crime Branch has arrested an accused Juned Khan @ Juber, 31 years, R/o Bairam Nagar, Bilaspur, Uttar Pradesh. 1.541 kgs of heroin was recovered from his possession. In this regard, a case FIR No
"At the facility, 60.3628 kg of illicit narcotics, including 56.346 kg Heroin, 2.150 kg MDMA Hydrochloride, 0.2193 Kg Marijuana, and 1.6475 Kg Ganja along with 10,894 NDPS-TIDIGESIC capsules weighing 87 kg were destroyed by incineration," said the release.
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
Despite the Taliban's claims to curb heroin trafficking, according to a United Nations report, methamphetamine trafficking in and around Afghanistan has seen a significant surge in recent years, reported Khaama Press.
The Punjab Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a major trans-border narcotics smuggling ring in Amritsar with the arrest of one person, and the seizure of 15 Kg of heroin.
In an intelligence-based operation launched by the Amritsar rural police in the Kathunangal village of Punjab's Amritsar, heroin weighing 15 kgs was seized, an official statement said on Wednesday.