Guwahati: A total of four drug payers from two different locations in Assam were arrested by the police and seized heroin worth Rs 15 crore. This information was given by the police. According to a release from the state police headquarters, on the basis of a secret information in Karbi Anglong district, policemen caught a truck during a probe at Nought, which had 3.45 kg of heroin. According to police, two persons from Manipur were arrested and booked under the NDPS act. According to the communique, the preliminary enquiry revealed that the drug was being transported from Imphal to Guwahati.
Police say that in another incident, policemen raided a house and seized 88 containers and each had one milligram of suspected heroin. In addition, stolen goods from temples and Jagiroad paper mills were also confiscated from Morigaon district. According to the communique, a couple has been arrested and a case has been registered under the IPC and NDPS act. In another incident, police personnel raided a house and seized 88 containers with suspected heroin, in addition to items stolen from temples and Jagroad paper mills in Morigaon district, police said.
A couple has been arrested under sections of the Indian Penal Code and ndps Act. Mention here that on 27th September, a huge quantity of drugs worth Rs. 25 crores were seized in Karbi Anglong district and one person was arrested. According to security forces and intelligence officials, all these drugs have been smuggled from Myanmar. Smuggling of drugs, weapons and other contracts is often taking place in the north-eastern region across the borders with Myanmar. Hilly Mizoram and Manipur become important transit routes of drug trafficking. North Eastern States-Arunachal Pradesh (520 km), Manipur (398 km), Nagaland (215 km) and Mizoram (510 km)- 1,643 km long unfield border Myanmar.
