Silchar, Nov 20 : In another big catch, the Cachar Police seized 1,80,000 Yaba tablets and apprehended three persons in connection with the matter.
The Police intercepted a truck and seized 18 packets containing the Yaba tablets.
Taking to the micro-blogging site Twitter, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, ”@cacharpolice intercepted a truck and seized 18 packets containing 1,80,000 Yaba tablets. Also apprehended three accused. Much appreciated. Keep it up”.
As per police, the seizure was made after a special team of accompanied by officer Dinesh Kumar, SDPO Lakhimpur along with IC Baskandi PICS, Nafisur Rahman conducted the operation.
The three arrested traffickers have been identified as Abdul Sahid, Ibajur Rehman & Sameer Alam.
Meanwhile, in another catch Divisional Preventive Force of Karimganj Customs Division under Customs (Preventive), NER Shillong seized 4,50,000 sticks of foreign origin Cigarette of brand WIN, ZET & Peacock valued at Rs. 45 lakhs on 18/11/2022 at Patharkandi, Karimganj District, Assam