comScore
  • Over Rs 45 Crore in Heroin Was Taken Out of a Truck in Assam's Karimganj

    Regional
    Over Rs 45 Crore in Heroin Was Taken Out of a Truck in Assam's Karimganj



     Digital Desk: A joint
    team of the Border Security Force or BSF and Assam Police in Karimganj district
    today confiscated heroin worth over Rs 45 crore from a truck, according to a
    police officer.



    In the early hours of
    Tuesday, a truck carrying heroin that was traveling from Mizoram to Tripura
    via Karimganj was stopped near the New Karimganj Railway Station, according to
    him.



    Based on specific information, members of the BSF and
    Karimganj Police stopped the vehicle and found heroin concealed in 764 soap
    cases in a hidden compartment in the driver's cabin, the official said. The
    heroin was packaged in the soap cases.



    He stated that the heroin weighs about 9.47 kilograms and
    is worth about Rs 47.4 crore.



    The truck has been detained, and questions are being asked to
    elicit more information.