Police caught 54,000 YABA tablets!
Cachar (Assam): On Tuesday, 15 November 2022, The Assam Police seized drugs worth ? 10 crore and arrested two peddlers carrying them.
According to the police, the two accused were trying to transport this consignment from Manipur to West Bengal via Assam, when they were caught by the police with 54,000 YABA tablets.
"The police have seized a large contraband of drugs worth ? 10 crore and arrested two drug peddlers. During this operation, the team seized 54,000 YABA tablets from their possession as they were trying to transport this consignment from Manipur to West Bengal via Assam," Superintendent of Police N Mahatta said.
On Sunday, In a joint operation, the Assam Police and the Government Railway Police had seized 29 kilograms of ganja from a train at Lumding railway station in Hojai district, as they acted on a special tip-off.
The ganja was recovered in the form of 28 packets from Agartala-Deoghar express.
On November 11 as well, the Assam Police arrested two wanted drug dealers and seized 1000 YABA tablets from them.
Earlier in October, they seized a consignment of 2000 kilograms of contraband drugs worth ? 15 crore and arrested two drug peddlers in the Karbi Anglong district.
Prior to it, the police had apprehended four drug peddlers and seized their two vehicles as they busted another huge band of drugs worth ? 10 crore in the Karbi Anglong district.
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