• Assam Police seize 25,000 Yaba tablets from four men in two days

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    Assam Police seize 25,000 Yaba tablets from four men in two days

    Apart from the Yaba tablets, police in Karimganj seized over 900kg of cannabis in two separate operations on Monday.

    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Digital Desk: Assam's Cachar police have
    arrested three people on suspicion of smuggling 5,000 Yaba tablets from Mizoram
    for distribution in the region.



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Yaba tablet is primarily manufactured in
    Southeast Asia and is a combination of methamphetamine, a powerful and
    addictive stimulant, and caffeine. Yaba is Thai for insane.



    mso-themecolor:text1">According to Debabrata Phukan, the officer in charge of
    the Rangirkhari police outpost, the three men, all Mizoram residents, were
    arrested from a hotel in Silchar on Sunday night following a tip about some
    people selling narcotics in the district.



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">"Our team pursued the peddlers and
    apprehended them from a hotel in Silchar town." "They told us during
    the interrogation that they brought the tablets from Mizoram and were supposed
    to supply them to some local buyers in Barak Valley," Phukan said.



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Police seized 5,000 tablets kept in 50
    containers at their request. Lalduhawma (36), Sawliana TC (34) and Sangtia (34)
    were identified as the three men (31). Lalduhawma lives in Mizoram's Aizawl
    district, while the other two live in Champhai district, which is 200
    kilometres away.



    mso-themecolor:text1">On Monday, the Border Security Force and Karimgang police
    seized 20,000 Yaba tablets from the Jabainpur area and arrested Juyel
    Namasudra.

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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Apart from the Yaba tablets, police in
    Karimganj seized over 900kg of cannabis in two separate operations on Monday.



    mso-themecolor:text1">Padmanabh Baruah, superintendent of police in Karimganj
    district, stated that this was the third such large catch in a month. "We
    suspect that some cultivation is taking place in Tripura, or that these
    products are being transported from outside India." "We're
    questioning the arrested people to get more information," Baruah said.



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    mso-themecolor:text1">Police also seized 28,230kg of subsidised fertiliser from
    the Assam government that was being illegally transported to Nagaland.
    According to police, three vehicles were transporting subsidised fertilisers
    allotted to farmers in Assam to Mizoram and Nagaland.