In a significant drugs bust, Assam police recently impounded 3 crores worth of illegal substances in the Hailakandi district. During an operation run by the office-in-charge of Jamira PS in Hailakandi, over 332 grams of illegal substances were seized. The police also detained three alleged narcotics smugglers in connection with the operation.
The three people who were taken into custody have been named Nazrul Hussain Borbhuya, Bikram Riyang, and Ajmal Hussain Borbhuyan.
Previously,on March 9, Karimganj police detained three alleged drug dealers and confiscated drugs worth Rs 10 crore from them in the neighbourhood.
The item was seized after a car with the registration number AS 10 F 5299 was stopped by the Karimganj Police, under the command of recently appointed Superintendent of Police (SP) Partha Pratim Das. The police crew found 100 soap boxes filled with drugs originating from Mizoram during their search, and they also apprehended three drug dealers named Kabir Ahmed, Altaf Uddin, and Qadir.
The drugs, according to the authorities, weighed about 1.27 kilograms. The state police have seized drugs worth Rs 1,430 cores in the last two years, according to information provided last week by Director General of Police (DGP) GP Singh. A total of 5,580 cases have been reported in the state under the NDPS Act, he added. He added that 9309 drug traffickers had been detained and that property worth Rs 19.40 crore had been frozen in the previous two years. Assam is one of the top 10 states for the number of cases filed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.