The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police 1.5 kg of heroin was seized and two drug peddlers arrested in Guwahati on Sunday, ANI reported.
According to the news agency, Partha Sarathi Mahanta, IGP (STF) told ANI that information was received from the source in STF, Assam, that some narcotics traffickers based in Tripura and Manipur had planned to bring large quantity of narcotics to Guwahati and some Jalukbari- Street vendors were the buyers.
“The information was verified and verified. Finding the inputs credible and concrete, a team was formed under the supervision of Partha Sarathi Mahanta, IGP (STF) and led by Kalyan Kumar Pathak, Additional SP (STF) and narcotics” The vehicle he was carrying was intercepted near APSC office, Khanapara. Two passengers were found and a maroon bag was found in the back seat (left side). The bag was searched and 1.5 kg of heroin was recovered,” Partha Sarathi Mahanta said, according to ANI.
Two transporters, Jamal Ali of Champupara and Salim Uddin of Goroimari, both residents of the area under Goroimari police station, were arrested. The senior police officer said necessary legal action has been initiated and further investigations are being carried out, the news agency reported.
Indian Coast Guard seizes narcotics worth Rs 600 crore from Pakistani ship
He Indian Coast Guard carried out an intelligence-based anti-narcotics operation and seized narcotics worth Rs 600 million from a Pakistani ship named ‘Al-Raza’ and detained 14 crew members belonging to Balochistan, ANI reported on Sunday.
The narcotics weighed around 86 kg and amounted to around Rs 600 million. Ahmedabad DGP Gujarat Vikas Sahay said the consignment was not for India but for Sri Lanka and the 14 crew members were residents of Balochistan, Pakistan.
In a well-coordinated maritime operation, the Pakistani ship along with its 14 crew members were detained and shifted to Porbandar, Gujarat, for further investigation, the Indian Coast Guard said in a statement, according to ANI.
“That shipment was not for India but for Sri Lanka. I am happy and proud that the ATS network has been such that not even the recipient is Indian, and only if our waters are being used, do we get the exact information… “14 people were present on the Pakistani fishing vessel Al-Raza, all residents of Balochistan, Pakistan,” the DGP told reporters, according to ANI.
“After arresting them, a search and seizure of the Al-Raza ship was carried out as per the procedure in which we recovered 78 parcels weighing around 86 kg and worth Rs 602 million in the international market,” he added, the agency reported. of news. Sunday.
“The operation was an epitome of inter-agency coordination, in which the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), Anti-Terrorism Squadron (ATS) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) collaborated seamlessly, culminating in a successful operation “, reads the statement.
(with ANI inputs)