Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI: Sleuths of the STF (Special Task Force) seized drugs worth around Rs 71 crore in two separate operations in the Amingaon area in Guwahati today.
STF chief Partha Sarathi Mahanta led both the operations based on separate tip-offs. The sleuths seized a truck (AS-01SC5622) from a neighbouring state carrying around 2.70 lakh Yaba tablets with a market value of around Rs 67 crore.
The truck was going outside Assam when it was caught at Amingaon.
In the other incident, a Hyundai (AS01DA9276) from a neighbouring carrying 40 soap boxes containing heroin hidden in a secret chamber of the car was seized also at Amingaon. The market value of the heroin is around Rs 4 crore.
The sleuths arrested the drivers of both the vehicles – Nur Islam and Ali Hussain.
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