Narcotics worth INR 2 crore seized in Assam, two held

Published on May 12, 2025

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.
The seizure of drugs happened in the Sadarashi locality of the district.
The police have arrested two persons on charges of drug peddling.
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.”
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.
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.
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.

A female suspect was identified and apprehended upon the train’s arrival, he said.
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.
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.
In another operation, the Assam Police had arrested two drug peddlers at Salchapra in Silchar in the state’s Cachar district, and seized 847 grams of heroin and 4.035 kg of opium from them.
The total estimated value of the drugs is INR 4.5 crore. Police suspected that the drugs smuggled from Myanmar through Mizoram entered Assam through a clandestine route.
Myanmar, which shares a 1,643 km unfenced border with four northeastern states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, and Mizoram -- serves as a key transit point for drugs, particularly heroin and methamphetamine tablets, entering India.
Myanmar’s Chin State is a hub for smuggling of varied drugs, exotic wildlife animals and many other contraband through six Mizoram districts -- Champhai, Siaha, Lawngtlai, Hnahthial, Saitual and Serchhip.