Assam Narcotics

A joint team of the 39th Assam Rifles and the Manipur Police have seized 30 soap cases of brown sugar valued at Rs 3.5 crore. The narcotics were stuffed inside pumpkins and being transported in a truck when it was intercepted.

In another crackdown on smuggling activities, Assam Rifles along with Special Narcotics CID Crime arrested two persons and recovered heroin worth over 47 lakh in Aizawl, Mizoram.

The Special Task Force of Assam police on Tuesday arrested a drug smuggler and seized narcotics worth Rs 16 crore weighing at least 2 kilograms.

Three persons were arrested after contraband drugs estimated to be worth around Rs 7 crore were seized from two trucks in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, a police officer said on Friday.

In a major narcotics haul, heroin worth over Rs 45 crore was seized from a truck by a joint team of the Border Security Force or BSF and Assam Police in Karimganj district today, a police officer said.

About 40,000 kg of drugs, seized by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and agencies of the Northeastern states, were destroyed on Saturday in the virtual presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

About 25,000 kgs of drugs, seized as part of a massive drive carried out by the Narcotics Control Bureau and state agencies, will be destroyed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Guwahati on Saturday, officials said.

The Assam Police on Tuesday recovered a huge quantity of narcotic drugs worth Rs 15 crore in Assam's Karbi Anglong district.

Following the crackdown on drug trafficking by the Assam government, narcotic smugglers of the North-eastern states have adopted new methods such as using women as traffickers and ferry the contraband in small vehicles instead of trucks, a senior off

The Assam police today arrested two women in the state and brought back a man after taking him into custody him in Manipur. It seized considerable amounts of heroin and party drug YaBa, among other narcotics. Some of it was stuffed inside a soft toy.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today set fire to heaps of drugs at two locations as the state government started its drive to destroy narcotics worth over Rs 170 crore seized over the past couple of months.

The Assam Rifles on Monday apprehended six traffickers including two Myanmar nationals and seized from them narcotic substances and contraband worth Rs 165 crore in Manipur's Tengnoupal district.

The Assam Police has got major success in its crackdown against narcotics that was launched about six months back. The Assam Police's recovery of psychotropic tablets has increased by 274 per cent in the last two months, while that of heroin and ganja have increased by 53.06 per cent and 60.04 per cent, respectively.

A joint team of the 39th Assam Rifles and the Manipur Police have seized 30 soap cases of brown sugar valued at Rs 3.5 crore. The narcotics were stuffed inside pumpkins and being transported in a truck when it was intercepted.

In another crackdown on smuggling activities, Assam Rifles along with Special Narcotics CID Crime arrested two persons and recovered heroin worth over 47 lakh in Aizawl, Mizoram.

The Special Task Force of Assam police on Tuesday arrested a drug smuggler and seized narcotics worth Rs 16 crore weighing at least 2 kilograms.

Three persons were arrested after contraband drugs estimated to be worth around Rs 7 crore were seized from two trucks in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, a police officer said on Friday.

In a major narcotics haul, heroin worth over Rs 45 crore was seized from a truck by a joint team of the Border Security Force or BSF and Assam Police in Karimganj district today, a police officer said.

About 40,000 kg of drugs, seized by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and agencies of the Northeastern states, were destroyed on Saturday in the virtual presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

About 25,000 kgs of drugs, seized as part of a massive drive carried out by the Narcotics Control Bureau and state agencies, will be destroyed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Guwahati on Saturday, officials said.

The Assam Police on Tuesday recovered a huge quantity of narcotic drugs worth Rs 15 crore in Assam's Karbi Anglong district.

Following the crackdown on drug trafficking by the Assam government, narcotic smugglers of the North-eastern states have adopted new methods such as using women as traffickers and ferry the contraband in small vehicles instead of trucks, a senior off

The Assam police today arrested two women in the state and brought back a man after taking him into custody him in Manipur. It seized considerable amounts of heroin and party drug YaBa, among other narcotics. Some of it was stuffed inside a soft toy.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today set fire to heaps of drugs at two locations as the state government started its drive to destroy narcotics worth over Rs 170 crore seized over the past couple of months.

The Assam Rifles on Monday apprehended six traffickers including two Myanmar nationals and seized from them narcotic substances and contraband worth Rs 165 crore in Manipur's Tengnoupal district.

The Assam Police has got major success in its crackdown against narcotics that was launched about six months back. The Assam Police's recovery of psychotropic tablets has increased by 274 per cent in the last two months, while that of heroin and ganja have increased by 53.06 per cent and 60.04 per cent, respectively.