17,000 Yaba Tablets Worth Rs. 1.70 Cr. Seized in Cachar, Assam
Guwahati: 17,000 approx Yaba tablets worth Rs. 1.70 crore were found close to the international border between India and Bangladesh in Assam on intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Border Security Force (BSF) reportedly found the Yaba pills in the Cachar district.
The BSF reported that 89 little packages contained the pills (68 blue and 21 black colour packets). One person was apprehended in connection with the seizure in addition to the seizure itself.
The force further stated that one Yaba tablet is thought to cost Rs. 1,000.
Based on particular intelligence about its movement in a white Alto Car along Katigorah-Kalain Road on National Highway, the massive shipment of Yaba tablets was seized.
The security force added that a coordinated operation was being prepared by the BSF Field Intelligence Unit Silchar, Karimganj Customs Division, and the BSF 1st Battalion’s operative team.
The suspected Alto Car was stopped by the combined operation party on Wednesday at 1.20 am near the Hilara Railway crossing on the Katigorah-Kalain route (NH-6). According to the BSF, during the inspection of the Alto Car, suspicious Yaba Tablets that were hidden behind the left door’s back side were found and confiscated.
“Driver of the vehicle was also apprehended,” it said.
The Karimganj Customs Division has taken custody of the detained person and the confiscated goods in preparation for further judicial action.