GUWAHATI — Drugs worth nearly INR 6 crore have been seized and five persons
apprehended in two separate operations in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa
Sarma said.
In Guwahati city, Special Task Force (STF) personnel
conducted an operation at a hotel in Paltan Bazar on Friday night and seized
416 gm of heroin, estimated to be worth INR 2.75 crore.
Four persons were apprehended from the hotel, Sarma said.
"In a late-night anti-narcotics operation carried out
by @STFAssam, 4 traffickers were apprehended at a hotel in Paltan Bazar,
Guwahati and 416 gm of heroin were recovered from their possession. We will
continue our mission of #AssamAgainstDrugs to save our youth from the vices of
contraband substances," the chief minister posted on X.
In another operation in Nagaon district, drugs worth over INR
3.5 crore were seized and a person apprehended by the police on Friday night,
Sarma said.
"Based on input from an apprehended individual,
@nagaonpolice intercepted a vehicle and recovered 532.46 grams of heroin upon
thorough search. The seized drugs are worth INR 3.5 crore and were hidden in
secret chambers of the vehicle. Good job @assampolice," the chief minister
posted on X.
