Karimganj Police Seizes 40,000 Narcotics Tablets, Arrests Two

KARIMGANJ: In yet another success in the battle against narcotics in the region, Karimganj Police was able to seize a massive consignment of narcotics tablets. The consignment was captured from a vehicle coming from the state of Mizoram on Friday.

According to reports, Karimganj Police intercepted a vehicle during one of its routine patrols. On searching, the police team was able to recover about 40000 Yaba tablets from the vehicle. The police team mentioned that the narcotics were hidden in a secret chamber of the vehicle. The police were also able to apprehend two suspected narcotics peddlers from the vehicle.

Previously, in an operation against the miscreants involved in the trade of narcotics substances in the Northeastern region of the country, Assam police apprehended two suspected peddlers from the region. Officials under Assam’s Churaibari police station were able to apprehend two smugglers with Yaba tablets while attempting to smuggle the consignment from Assam to Tripura at Churaibari on the Assam-Tripura border. The tablets were seized from an Agartala-bound six-wheeler truck bearing the registration number AS 10 AC 5416. A total of 9,400 Yaba tablets packed in 47 packets were seized during a routine police check from a secret chamber in the vehicle. The market value of the seized Yaba tablets is said to be around Rs 47 lakh. The arrested individuals were identified as Bilal Uddin and Mintu Malakar. Both are residents of Karimganj district of Assam.

In another incident Assam Police seized drugs worth Rs 35 crore in Cachar district and arrested two persons in connection, officials said on Thursday. Based on a tip-off, the police launched a secret operation on National Highway 37 in the Banskandi area, some 13 km away from Silchar town. The police then intercepted a vehicle which was carrying 1,70,000 Yaba tablets hidden in secret chambers. The two arrested persons were identified as Kipjen and Laldomsa Hamar.

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