According to officials, a police team in the Sribhumi district launched an operation on Wednesday night based on intelligence input and recovered 17,000 Yaba tablets from an individual.
In a significant blow to drug trafficking operations in the region, Assam Rifles successfully recovered Yaba tablets worth Rs 2.97 crores from Silchar on Wednesday, police said.
In two separate operations, Assam Police seized 98,000 Yaba tablets and 38 kg of cannabis worth nearly Rs 30.30 crore in Assam's Cachar district, officials said. The police also apprehended 4 persons.
In a major crackdown on drug trafficking, law enforcement officials conducted a raid in the Maheshkhola area this morning, resulting in the seizure of 1.06 lakh Yaba tablets, two motorcycles, and four mobile phones.
In addition to its successful anti-narcotics operations, Assam Rifles, in coordination with Customs and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), seized 2,40,000 Yaba tablets worth Rs 24 crore in Tripura in two consecutive days.
The individuals were detained for around 1600 hours while disembarking from Silchar-Agartala Express. The apprehended Bangladeshi nationals were returning from Bengaluru and had planned to exfiltrate to Bangladesh.
Assam Rifles successfully intercepted a narcotics shipment in the General Area of Salbagan, West Tripura and seized 60,000 Yaba tablets, valued at approximately Rs 12 crore in the international market.
In a significant blow to the illicit drug trade, Assam Rifles deployed at Headquarters Veng, Churachandpur District successfully intercepted and recovered a massive cache of banned Yaba tablets and Brown Sugar worth approximately Rs 62 crores in general area Mata Village, Churachandpur Distr
In a significant drug bust, district police recovered and seized 50,000 Yaba tablets worth Rs 15 crore in Assam's Cachar district on Sunday. They also apprehended two persons who were involved in this connection.
Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police on Wednesday recovered and seized 20,000 Yaba tablets and arrested one person at Amingaon area in Kamrup district of Assam, officials said.
In a post on X, CM Sarma wrote, "Drugs worth Rs. 45 crore recovered in a source-backed anti-narcotics operation carried out by Sribhumi Police in Hathikhira area, a truck coming from a neighbouring state was intercepted leading to the recovery of 1.5 lakhs YABA tablets weighing over 16kgs
In a significant drug bust, the Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police, in collaboration with the Cachar district police, seized 60,000 Yaba tablets and 125 grams of heroin in a late-night operation on Saturday in Silchar.