Police seized drugs worth Rs 15 crore in Assam’s Karbi Anglong, three arrested

The joint team of police and CRPF apprehended three drug peddlers also.

Based on intelligence input regarding transportation of narcotic drugs, a joint team of police and CPRF on Tuesday set a Naka checking at Dilai Tiniali under Dilai police station in Karbi Anglong district.

The team had intercepted a bolero vehicle bearing registration number SK-03P-1143 at the checking point.

"The vehicle was thoroughly searched and recovered a huge quantity of narcotic drugs,” John Das, Bokajan SDPO said.

He further said that, the team had recovered 383 grams of heroin marked as ‘Double UO Globe’ and the words ‘100 percent pure’ in Chinese character.

“It is one of the purest form of heroin and famous in Golden Triangle. It was hidden inside the glove box of the vehicle. We have also recovered one kg of Morphine hidden in the gear box, two kg of Crystal @ Meth @ Syabu hidden in the gear box. The market value of the seized drugs is estimated at around Rs 15 crore,” John Das said.

The police and CRPF team apprehended three drugs peddlers identified as Rajesh Lakandri (37 years old), Kumar Gajimer(38 years old) and Tangambou Marianmai (48 years old) and they are hailing from Manipur.

The police official further said that the consignment is supposed to be delivered in Siliguri.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)