GUWAHATI, Oct 12: The Assam Police’s Special Task Force (STF) seized 40,000 Yaba tablets weighing approximately 4 kg and arrested one person during an operation at Amingaon in Kamrup district in the early hours of Monday.
The seized tablets, which contained methamphetamine, had an estimated street value of Rs 10 crore.
Acting on intelligence inputs that a consignment of narcotics originating from Mizoram would be transported to a district in Lower Assam through Amingaon, an STF team intercepted a Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire (AS 01 EF 5876) and recovered the tablets from the vehicle.
The arrested person was identified as Md Hakim Dewan, 36, son of Md Esa Haq Dewan and a resident of Hahchora village under Barpeta police station.
Officials said the seized narcotics were valued at Rs 6 crore according to the Criminal Investigation Department’s rate list, while their estimated street value stood at Rs 10 crore.
The operation was led by Kalyan Kumar Pathak, Additional Superintendent of Police, STF. Legal proceedings are being initiated, and further investigation is expected to establish the consignment’s intended destination and identify others allegedly involved in the trafficking network.
