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GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Police seized marijuana worth Rs 10 crores from the possession of two persons in Guwahati, Assam on Wednesday.
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Acting on a tip-off, a team of Assam Police’s Special Task Force (STF), led by its deputy inspector general Parthasarathi Mahanta carried out an operation in Beharbari area under the Basistha Police Station limits and intercepted a truck carrying 4,000 kg marijuana hidden under raw rubber, a police statement said.
“The contraband item was being transported from Tripura to a state in central India. The police team seized 4,000 kg of marijuana,” Mahanta said.
The market value of the seized narcotics substance is estimated to be approximately Rs 10 crore, he said.
During the operation, two peddlers were apprehended, and necessary legal formalities were being taken, the statement added.
Further necessary legal formalities are being taken in this case.
Earlier in this month, Assam police seized different types of contraband valued at over Rs 100 crore was recovered in Karimganj district in the southern tip of the state on Tuesday and four peddlers were arrested.
The operation was conducted jointly by the special task force of Assam police and Karimganj district police.
The drugs were brought into Assam from Mizoram and three persons from that state were among the four arrested, the police said.
“This is probably the largest drug seizure in eastern India in terms of market value. The drugs confiscated is worth at least Rs 100 crore in the market,” STF deputy inspector general Parthasarathi Mahanta had told PTI.
