Digital Desk: The Barpeta police conducted a significant anti-drug operation under the leadership of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sushant Biswa Sarma, resulting in a seizure of a large quantity of YABA tablets in Howly.
A truck, bearing the registration number AS 25 FC 3987, was intercepted while transporting 26,000 YABA tablets packed in 27 packets from Mizoram.
The drugs were concealed in a specially created shelf under the rear bumper and beneath the truck.
The estimated value of seized YABA tablets is approximately Rs 1.3 crore.
The truck driver, identified as Asmat Ali, a resident of Bilasipara in Dhubri, was arrested on charges of drug trafficking,
Barpata Additional Police Superintendent Jitesh Barman stated that due to the police's stringent anti-drug operations, drug traffickers have been forced to modify their smuggling strategies.
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