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Assam Police seized 80,000 Yaba tablets valued at Rs 16 crore in Cachar district and apprehended one person.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Cachar district, Partha Protim Das, stated that the recovery was made as part of a major anti-narcotics operation.Based on specific intelligence inputs, police intercepted a vehicle with registration number AS-01-GC-7852 at Dolu, Moinagarh, under the jurisdiction of the Borkhola police station. During the inspection, police recovered 80,000 Yaba tablets concealed in a secret chamber of the vehicle. Later, the police apprehended 25-year-old accused Somsul Hussain Laskar.
“During a thorough search, 80,000 Yaba tablets concealed in a secret chamber of the vehicle were recovered. One person, namely Somsul Hussain Laskar (25 years old) S/O Harish Ali R/O Jamalpur PS Dholai was apprehended. The vehicle was coming from a neighbouring state,” SSP Das said.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma lauded the successful operation by Cachar Police by making a reference of Jack and Jill nursery rhyme.
In a post on X, CM Sarma wrote: “Jack and Jill went up the hill, Thinking they’d make a quick ₹16 cr deal. But @cacharpolice had other plans…80,000 Yaba tablets seized from a secret chamber in a vehicle. One accused apprehended, huge haul off the streets.”
Police confirmed that further investigation is underway to ascertain the forward and backward linkages of the narcotics network.
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