Assam Registered 1,100 Cases of Cattle Smuggling In Last One Year

Guwahati: Ever since the BJP-led Assam government came to the power, the state police have registered more than 1,100 cases of cattle smuggling, said an official data.

According to data, the police have also apprehended 992 smugglers, rescued more than 9,454 cattle, and seized 417 vehicles.

Apart from these, the Assam Police also claimed of bringing down the pendency of criminal cases in the last 11 months.

''The pendency of cases in Assam, which was 1,09,081 at the end of May 2021 has now been reduced to 83,947 at the end of April,'' Assam police said in the statement.

The average crime rate per 100,000 population was 384 last year but has now come down to 222 this year, while the average monthly registration of cases, which was around 11,103 last year, has now come down to 6,247 this year.

''Disposal of cases in the first quarter of 2022 is 28,400 as against 24,159 in the first quarter of 2021," the statement added.

In terms of drug trafficking, police have registered 2,834 cases under NDPS Act, arrested more than 4,838 drug traffickers, and seized drugs worth more than Rs 548.53 crore since May last year.

As per the data, in the past 11 months, police have also registered 141 cases of human trafficking, arrested more than 104 human traffickers, and rescued around 250 persons. In the same period, 163 cases of smuggling of betel nut from Myanmar were registered, 182 persons arrested and 146 vehicles seized.

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