Guwahati: In an ongoing war against drugs, huge quantities of drugs were seized in an operation conducted in Nagaon district of Assam on Monday.
As per reports, the seized drugs was sold illegally.
Reportedly, the operation was carried out by the narcotics inspector of the Nagaon district of Assam at the Doomdoomia market in Batadrawa.
Reportedly, the operation was carried out to stop the illegal sale of pharmaceuticals outside the parameters of regulatory policy.
According to reports, the drugs were being sold at the Doomdoomia weekly and bi-weekly markets.
The operation was conducted yesterday and officials confiscated huge amounts of drugs that were being sold illegally, based on complaints of discrepancies from the people.
Meanwhile, the trader who was responsible for the illicit sale of the drugs was discovered to have escaped during the operation.
According to officials, a case has been filed under the appropriate sections and the investigation will continue in accordance with the law.
It should be noted that on April 20, Assam police seized a massive quantity of drugs worth Rs 3 crore in Karbi Anglong district. Two smugglers were arrested in connection to the seizure.
In response to intelligence, a team from the Karbi Anglong police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jointly set up a Naka checking in the Lahorijan area near Bokajan on Wednesday night. They then stopped a car with the registration number “AS-11DC-4350.”
“On being thorough search of the vehicle, the police team recovered a total of 45 soap cases containing 529.36 grams of heroin. The heroin packets were hidden inside the spare tyre of the vehicle. We have arrested two persons from Manipur. The market value of the seized drugs is estimated at around Rs 3 crore,” said John Das, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Bokajan.
The arrested drug peddlers have been identified as Th Boby (21 years old) and Pusham Abdul Hasim (26 years old).
In two separate investigations earlier this month in Karimganj and Guwahati, the police made significant drug seizures and arrested one woman.