• Drugs worth Rs 18 crore seized in Assam, two arrested

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    Drugs worth Rs 18 crore seized in Assam, two arrested

    "Early on Sunday, specific information was received that the group was on its way to deliver the contraband in a luxury vehicle."

    Digital Desk: Two Manipur
    locals were detained in Assam on Sunday after drugs worth Rs 18 crore were
    discovered in their hands in Guwahati and the nearby Kamrup district, according
    to police. According to a senior officer, the Assam Police's Special Task Force
    officers, along with Kamrup police, pursued and captured two accused
    traffickers in a vehicle.



    According to STF Deputy Inspector General Partha Sarathi Mahanta, police
    forces were deployed when it was learned that a Manipur-based organization was
    planning to transit drugs through Assam.



    "Early on Sunday, specific information was received that the group
    was on its way to deliver the contraband in a luxury vehicle."



    mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222">"As
    a result, the vehicle was located, and an STF team, along with Kamrup district
    police, pursued the team." The peddlers attempted to depart the scene in
    order to avoid the police dragnet. The driver lost control of the vehicle
    during the operation, and it tumbled roughly 100 feet down the hillock of Powa
    Makkah in Hajo," Mahanta stated.



    mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222">According
    to him, the police crew apprehended two people from Manipur and searched the
    overturned vehicle extensively.



    mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222">"A search of the damaged
    vehicle yielded 100 soap boxes containing 1.3 kg of heroin." Another
    search of their leased property in Jalukbari, Guwahati, yielded 65 more packets
    of heroin totaling 900 grams, according to the DIG.



    He stated that an investigation is underway to identify more
    people linked to the network.