SILCHAR : Acting on secret information, Silchar and Karimganj police in a joint operation seized huge quantity of heroine from a truck. Driver of the truck Shahid Ahmed, a resident of Karimganj was arrested.
Cachar Police Superintendent Nomal Mahatta informed that his Karimganj counterpart Partha Pratim Das led the operation following the input that a truck loaded with narcotic substances was coming from Champai district of Mizoram via Bilaipur border in Hailakandi. The police team intercepted the vehicle and recovered 100 soap cases filled with heroine weighing 1.4 kg. Mahatta claimed, value of the seized substances in the international market would not be less than Rs 10 crore.
Cachar police had intensified vigil at Lailapur, the Cachar border with Mizoram. The drug racket had now changed its route as they were entering into Barak Valley through Bilaipur in Hailakandi.
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