In a joint operation, the Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police and Karimganj district Police seized a large quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 100 crores in Karimganj district on Tuesday.
"A joint operation was launched by Assam Rifles with police representatives from Baraigram Watch Post under Patharkandi Police Station in which two drug peddlers were apprehended along with 23.7 gm of brown sugar worth approximately Rs 9,70,000 from the general area of Nagaria Village und
Pratap Das, Additional Superintendent of Police of Karimganj district said that, based on secret information, a police team intercepted a truck bearing registration number AS-11BC-6863 at Churaibari police watch post along Assam-Tripura border.
"We will contest in 3 out of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam. We will contest in Dhubri, Nagaon and Karimganj seats and we have given away other 11 seats to the Congress to fight against the BJP. AIUDF will support INDIA bloc," Badruddin Ajmal said.
Based on intelligence input, a vehicle coming from a neighbouring state was intercepted and after a thorough search, 1.1 kilograms of suspected heroin was recovered and subsequently seized. Along with the drugs, two persons have been apprehended on the spot, police said.
Assam police on Thursday arrested three people, including a railway employee for allegedly strangling a minor girl to death and then engaging in sexual acts with the body in Assam's Karimganj district.