The Tripura Police Monday arrested the motive force and helper of a truck from Assam after 9.24 lakh yaba tablets value Rs 28 crore had been seized from the car’s gas tank throughout a routine checking on the Betbagan naka level in Dhalai district.
Chatting with reporters, Mihir Lal Das, Superintendent of Police, Dhalai, stated, “This operation was carried out as a part of our ongoing Nesha Birodhi Avijan (anti-narcotics motion). The routine checking on the naka level led to the seizure of an enormous drug cache coming into Tripura from outdoors the state. We now have arrested two individuals and additional investigation is occurring.”
The officer added that they had been interrogating the 2 arrestees to find out the supposed vacation spot of the medicine.
A case has been booked beneath the Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, on the native Ambassa Police Station.
Ambassa is the headquarters of the Dhalai district and one of many main centres connecting Assam with the remainder of Tripura.
Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah had alerted all northeastern states on the NEC Plenary assembly held final 12 months concerning the drug menace and urged chief ministers within the area to clamp down on the smuggling of medication.
Monday’s drug seizure was one of many largest of its form within the state, the police stated.
