The sleuths of the Special Operations Team (SOT), Maheshwaram Zone team along with Choutuppal Police, Rachakonda busted an interstate drug syndicate and arrested two drug peddlers on Friday. 200 kgs of Ganja and a vehicle all worth Rs. 70 lakhs were seized.
Partha Sarathi Mahanta, DIG (STF) told ANI that, based on secret information, a team of STF on Wednesday evening launched an operation near Khanapara Overbridge in Guwahati under Basistha police station and apprehended two drug peddlers
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police on Wednesday apprehended a drug peddler after 31 numbers of plastic vials and 2 numbers of Tobacco boxes containing suspected Heroin weighing 58.5 grams was recovered from his possession at Basistha area of Guwahati.
The sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) of Assam on Saturday apprehended six drug peddlers and seized 87.4 grams of heroin at the Sonapur area in Assam's Kamrup (Metro) district.
Police on Friday seized 43,000 Yaba tablets and apprehended five drug peddlers including a minor boy in two separate operations in Assam's Cachar district.
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".
Superintendent of Police of Cachar district, Numal Mahatta said that based on a tip-off, a team of police from the Cachar district carried out an operation and intercepted a vehicle at Banskandi-Silchar road.
A total of 133 habitual drug smugglers have been identified under different police stations in Dehradun following the instruction of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dehradun, Ajay Singh.
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."
"Under the Drug-Free Devbhoomi 2025 campaign of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Dehradun police has taken action against drug smugglers in various police stations," Ajay Singh, SSP Dehradun told ANI.