3 persons arrested with drugs worth around Rs 7 crore in Assam’s Cachar

PTI

Guwahati, May 11

Three persons have been arrested and drugs worth around Rs 7 crore seized in two separate operations in Cachar district in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The contraband was being transported from a neighbouring state, he added.

‘In a big boost to Assam’s mission of a drugs-free society, @cacharpolice in two separate operations seized over 1.2 kg of heroin worth approximately 7 crore,’ Sarma wrote on X on Friday.

He said in both instances, the heroin was being transported from a neighbouring state and three people have been apprehended in this connection.

Cachar Police had arrested three other persons and seized heroin worth about Rs 3 crore on Thursday also.

The Chief Minister, in a post on the micro-blogging site, had said 572 grams of heroin, costing around Rs 3 crore, was recovered during an operation at the interstate bus depot in Silchar.

The drugs were being transported from a neighbouring state, he added.

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