In a joint operation, police and CRPF recovered around 5 kg of heroin worth Rs 20 crore from a vehicle in Assam's Karbi Anglong district along the Assam-Nagaland border on Sunday.
The arrest came days after Assam Police on February 25 apprehended two from the Karbi Anglong district and seized 2.013 kg of Morphine, valued at Rs 8 Crores in the international market.
John Das, SDPO of Bokajan in Karbi Anglong district told ANI that acting on a tip-off, the drugs and the accused were apprehended during a naka checking by a police team on National Highway 36, near Dillai Gate, Bokajan.
John Das, SDPO of Bokajan told ANI that, acting on secret information a Naka was set up infront of Laharijan police point by In-charge Laharijan PP ASI Jiten Gogoi, SI (P) Sarat Kakati, C20 CRPF Camp Bokajan and PP staff.
In a joint operation, the police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Sunday seized 3.5 kg of heroin worth Rs 16 crore from a vehicle and arrested two drug peddlers in Assam's Karbi Anglong district.
Three people were held for possessing 72,000 Tramadol Tablets and 4,920 bottles of cough syrup in Assam's Karbi Anglong on Tuesday, said police on Wednesday.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday ceremonially flagged off a truck carrying 2,000 water-proof solar lights donated by the Art of Living Foundation for the Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong districts.
On Tuesday, six people were killed and several others injured during an alleged clash between villagers and a contingent comprising Police and forest guards from Assam on Tuesday afternoon. The alleged clash took place in the area bordering the West Karbi Anglong district of Assam and Muk
A large number of houses and shops were gutted in a massive fire in the Lahorijaan area near Bokajan in Assam's Karbi Anglong district along the Assam-Nagaland border on Wednesday.