The Government Railway Police (GRP) of Guwahati railway station said it recovered gold biscuits and 4.89 kg opium from two trains and arrested two persons.
The Divisional Preventive Force of Imphal Customs seized Tablets valued at Rs 2.68 crore and packets containing 736 grams (gross) of opium, valued at Rs 1.46 lakh, informed Customs officials on Wednesday.
The women of the Naxal area of Bihar's Gaya are becoming self-sufficient by cultivating lemongrass and mushroom. Earlier, where opium was cultivated on barren land, now lemongrass crops are flourishing.
Under the research program, the researcher will use AI to interpret satellite imagery which will help them trace where in Afghanistan, crops are being used for drug production.
A joint team of Assam Rifles, state police and forest department have destroyed four lakh Opium Poppy plants which were planted in four hectares of forest land in Manipur's Noney district, the forces said on Tuesday.
India on Tuesday (local time) raised concerns over Opium poppy cultivation, Taliban-Al-Qaida relations and erosion of human rights at a United Nations Security Council briefing on Afghanistan.
"Further physical examination confirmed approximately 2,486 kilograms of opium within 247 shipping pallets. The drugs seized were turned over to the RCMP FSOC unit for further criminal investigation," CSBA said.