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Record Rs 168 crore Yaba haul in Assam, one held
Assam Rifles and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized a record 60 kg of Yaba tablets worth Rs 168 crore from Cachar district's Jujhang Pahar area on Wednesday night. One drug peddler…
Assam Rifles and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized a record 60 kg of Yaba tablets worth Rs 168 crore from Cachar district's Jujhang Pahar area on Wednesday night. One drug peddler was arrested and a truck believed used to transport the contraband was impounded.
The 5.60 lakh highly addictive Yaba tablets are suspected to have originated in Manipur and were being moved towards Assam along the Imphal-Jiribam National Highway 37. Officials said the inter-state syndicate was using Cachar and Sribhumi districts as transit corridors to push narcotics deeper into mainland India.
The seizure is the largest of its kind for the region. The accused, the drugs and the vehicle have been handed over to relevant authorities for investigation and prosecution.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The Myanmar-India border's 1,643-km unfenced stretch makes it a natural conduit for the Golden Triangle drug trade. Assam's Cachar district sits on two vulnerable transit routes: the Imphal-Jiribam highway and NH-37, both feeding into mainland India. The scale of this single haul, 60 kg of Yaba, enough for about 5.6 lakh doses with street value equivalent to Assam's entire annual anti-drug budget of roughly Rs 160 crore, signals syndicates are shifting routes after increased surveillance at Moreh in Manipur. The Assam Rifles, which also serve as the border guarding force in this sector, operate under dual control of the Defence and Home ministries, complicating coordination but enabling such joint operations with the DRI. With the arrested peddler in custody, investigators will probe the source in Manipur and the truck's trail back to wholesalers, while security forces watch for retaliatory rerouting through Nagaland or Mizoram entry points.
Source: assamtribune.com
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