Guwahati, 28th October: In the ongoing war against drugs, based on specific intelligence inputs, authorities in Assam’s Badarpur have seized narcotics worth over Rs 70 lakhs.
During the operation conducted by Badarpur Police in Karimganj district, five smugglers were detained.
The police received information about a woman being one of the individuals involved in the narcotics smuggling.
The group of smugglers was found with 277.22 grams of heroin.
Meanwhile, Hassan Ali, Najir Uddin, Babul Hussain Laskar, Lalsanjo and Tunhaulian Langel were detained, said officials. Of them, the first three are residents of Badarpur, while the other two are residents of Churachandpur in Manipur.
The accused were caught in the red-handed while they were in the midst of a drug deal behind a pan shop near a mosque in Badarpur’s West Deorail region.
The narcotics were brought in from Mizoram to Badarpur and were peddled there.
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