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Assamese jewellery has been awarded the prestigious Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
Digital Desk: Assamese traditional jewellery, also known as 'Asomiya Gohona', is a traditional art form of handicraft
In a separate instance, responding to a tip, a joint police and CRPF squad on Monday morning in the Karbi Anglong district's Dilapi under Bokajan police station confiscated 208 grammes of heroin from a car.
Digital Desk: In Assam's
Golaghat and Karbi Anglong districts, enormous amounts of brown sugar and
heroin worth about Rs two crore have been found, and six people have been
detained in connection with this, police said on Monday.
In a raid in the Golaghat
district on Sunday night, police found four mobile phones and 1.23 kg of brown
sugar concealed inside a four-wheeler in the Barpathar area.
In this regard, four people
have been taken into custody.
The estimated market value
of the confiscated contraband is close to Rs. 1.85 crore.
In a separate instance,
responding to a tip, a joint police and CRPF squad on Monday morning in the
Karbi Anglong district's Dilapi under Bokajan police station confiscated 208
grammes of heroin from a car.
Police said the lining of
the car's door contained 16 soap boxes full of heroin.
Two people have been taken
into custody in this regard.
Over Rs 16 lakh was thought
to be the estimated worth of the confiscated contraband.
In a tweet, Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma praised the Assam Police for continuing to fight the drug
epidemic.
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