Yaba tablets worth Rs 2 crores seized in Meghalaya; 4 held

Security officials suspect that the drugs were smuggled from Myanmar, which shares a 1,640-km unfenced border with four north-eastern Indian States — Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.

Acting on a secret information, Meghalaya Police had intercepted a Tripura-bound truck, coming from Assam, at Shillong Bypass on Sunday night and seized 5.08 kg of Yaba tablets (Methamphetamine tablets) valued at around Rs 2 crore from the vehicle.

East Khasi Hills district's Superintendent of Police Silvester Nongtnger said over phone that the 31-year-old truck driver, a resident of North Tripura district, has been arrested and now being interrogated.

He said that in another incident, three persons, including a woman, were arrested and 0.65 gm of heroin seized from their possession. All the four were charged under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

While the Border Security Force troopers (BSF) guard the Bangladesh border, the border with Myanmar is looked after by the Assam Rifles and it has seized drugs and other contraband including heroin worth around Rs 29 crore since July 1 after these were smuggled from the neighbouring country. (IANS)

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