Assam turns transit route for illegal narcotics trade, Guwahati loaded ganja-laden truck intercepted in Bihar

A top official of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said that, huge quantity of illegal drugs have been seized from different parts of the state in past years.

“The drugs paddlers using Assam as a transit route to trade the illegal narcotics to different states of the country, which were came from Myanmar through Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh,” the top NCB official said.

The top NCB official said that, a huge consignment of illegal drugs was seized in Bihar on June 15, which was sent from the north eastern region.

On June 15, the NCB and Special Task Force (STF) seized around 4.2 tonne ganja worth of Rs 2.1 crore in Muzaffarpur and Bengusarai district in Bihar and both consignment was sent from Guwahati and Tripura.

The huge quantity ganja packed in huge boxes was seized from two ten-wheeler trucks bearing Punjab registration in the northern India state.

A driver of a truck revealed that, one consignment was loaded in Guwahati and another was loaded in Agartala.

The top NCB official said that, illegal traders and drug paddlers using Assam as a safe transit route since long time.

“We have intercepted several consignments in Assam and other states in the past time, but failed to track few more consignment,” the NCB official said.

According the Centre, security agencies have seized 8613.98 kg ganja in 2014 in Assam, while 1085.33 kg seized in 2015 and 5249.52 kg in last year.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)