- GUWAHATI — Assam Police have foiled a drug peddling attempt and seized
narcotics worth INR two crore in the Sribhumi district, said Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday.
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- The seizure of drugs happened in the Sadarashi locality of
the district.
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- The police have arrested two persons on charges of drug
peddling.
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- Taking to X handle, CM Sarma wrote, “YABA Tablets Worth ₹2
Crore Seized In an anti-narcotics operation, @sribhumipolice recovered 10,000
YABA tablets at Sadarashi. 2 peddlers have been arrested in this connection.
Kudos to @assampolice.”
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- According to the police, legal actions were undertaken under
the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985.
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- Earlier in the previous week, Assam Police seized drugs
worth INR 9.5 crore and arrested three peddlers, including a woman, in two
separate operations.
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- An Assam Police spokesman said that based on credible
intelligence regarding the transportation of contraband from Silchar (southern
Assam) to Guwahati via the Silchar--Coimbatore Express train, a team from
Panbazar Police station was deployed at Guwahati railway station.
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- A female suspect was identified and apprehended upon the
train’s arrival, he said.
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- Following due legal procedures and in the presence of
independent witnesses, the search led to the recovery of 20,000 highly
addictive methamphetamine tablets, valued at INR 5 crore, one mobile handset
and INR 1,000 in cash.
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- The accused, identified as Parvina Khatun Bibi (31), has
been taken into custody. The detainee is a resident of Sadialer Khuti village
in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district.
