Assam police recovered 50 packets containing 5 lakh Yaba tablets from a consignment at Bagador, Silchar. During the operation, two drug peddlers were also apprehended, said the police on Monday.
“The consignment was coming from Myanmar via a neighbouring state at Bagador, Silchar,” the police said. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma praised the efforts of the police.
“#AssamAgainstDrugs@cacharpolice recovered 50 packets containing 5 lakhs Yaba tablets from a consignment coming from Myanmar via a neighbouring state at Bagador, Silchar. Also apprehended two accused. Great work @assampolice. Keep it up,” the Assam Chief minister said in a tweet.
“We received information that a vehicle was coming from Mizoram side carrying narcotics and we immediately set up Naka checking in multiple locations. We had intercepted the vehicle and during the search, we found 3-4 secret chambers and recovered 131 soap cases containing 2.01 kg of heroin and 50,000 Yaba tablets from the vehicle,” Partha Pratim Das, Additional Superintendent of Police of Karimganj district had said.