Huge quantities of drugs seized in Assam
Diphu/Guwahati: Huge quantities of drugs worth nearly Rs seven crore were seized from Assam's Karbi Anglong and Karimgang district and five persons were arrested on Saturday, police said.
Acting on specific information, a joint team of police and CRPF personnel launched a search operation in Lahorijan area of Karbi Anglong district, bordering Nagaland, and seized 800 kg of ganja and 40.07 gm of heroin from a vehicle coming from Manipur.
During the search of the vehicle, the police found ganja hidden in 80 packets along with the heroin kept inside three soap boxes, police said.
Three persons have been arrested in this connection.
The value of the seized drugs in the international market was estimated to be over Rs three crore.
In the second seizure, the border police during routine checking, seized 1,108 kg of ganja from a truck coming from Tripura at Churaibari outpost in Assam's Karimganj district.
The value of the seized contraband was estimated to be over Rs 3.85 crore.
Two persons have been arrested in this connection, police added.
