According to Pranab Jyoti Goswami, CPRO of Assam police, "Acting on intelligence input, a team of STF conducted a raid inside ISBT, Betkuchi under Gorchuk police station on Wednesday and apprehended a drug peddler while he was trying to smuggle contraband."
Pranab Jyoti Goswami, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Assam police said that, source information was received that narcotics would be transported in a vehicle from Silchar to Barpeta.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police intercepted a vehicle and seized 420 grams of heroin hidden inside the steering wheel column of the vehicle, officials informed on Thursday.
According to Pranab Jyoti Goswami, CPRO of Assam police, the arrested police officers have been identified as Shiddhartha Buragohain, IPS, the then Superintendent of Police of Bajali district and Pushkal Gogoi, APS, the then Deputy Superintendent of Police (HQ).
The CID of Assam police arrested seven persons including the then Additional Superintendent of Police of Bajali district on Saturday and Sunday in connection with a case for allegedly demanding money from a businessman allegedly involved in illegal trade.