Kochi: Four persons were arrested
for transporting “methamphetamine (MDMA) tablets worth Rs 88 crore” in Assam’s Imphal and Guwahati zones on Sunday.
The accused involved in it were part of the “international drug cartel”.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the government will show
“No mercy for drug cartels. Accelerating the Modi govt’s march to build a drug-free Bharat, a massive consignment of methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 88 crore is seized, and 4 members of the international drug cartel are arrested in Imphal and Guwahati zones,” Shah wrote on X.
Shah appreciated the efforts of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Imphal zone for carrying out an operation on March 13 when they intercepted a truck near the Lilong area and recovered 102.39 kg of Methamphetamine tablets.
Shah asserted that the government’s crackdown on drugs will continue.
The suspected source of the contraband is Moreh town in Manipur.
The same day, NCB-Guwahati zone intercepted an SUV on the Assam-Mizoram border near Silchar and seized 7.48 kg of MDMA tablets.
The occupant of the vehicle was arrested. The source of the contraband was Moreh and the suspected destination was Karimganj in Assam, media reports quoting NCB statement said.
Meanwhile, the NCB would be taking over the probe from the Mizoram State Excise Department into the seizure of about 46 kg of crystal meth from Brigade Bawngkawn in Aizawl on March 6 in which four people have been arrested.
The investigation is being taken over by NCB now.
The Northeastern region has emerged as one of the most vulnerable areas of India from the point of view of drug trafficking owing to its geographic location, it said.
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