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Nalbari: Huge amount of drugs recovered from a pharmacy in Samta area under Nalbari District on Saturday.
As per report, a team from Samta Police and Belsor Police jointly launched an operation at Shantanu Medicos owned by one identified as Mintu Barman and recovered huge amount of illegal drugs.
During the drugs seizure, police recovered around 90 packets of Spacorevon Plus, 90 packets of Nitrovon Plus tablets, 72 packets of Peevon Plus tablets including many intoxicated medicine bottles from the possession of the Mintu Barman.
It is to be noted that Mintu Barman has been allegedly running this business in the area since the last couple of years.
Police also mentioned that during the raid, Mintu Barman had fallen sick and was shifted to hospital for better treatment.
It may also be mentioned that recently Assam Police along with CID on Wednesday conducted an Awareness programme on Drug Abuse at B. Barooah College in Guwahati.
Speaking to the media, Commissioner of Police, Deepak Kumar said that Assam Police has launched a campaign against the ‘Drug Abuse’ in the state. “It has come to light that various college and school going students in the Guwahati city and other parts of the state are being targeted by the drug peddlers, hence, the department had decided to start an awareness campaign on the matter where we will highlight the ill-effects of drugs and help them to overcome the cause,” said Commissioner of Police Deepak Kumar.
Assam police department also shared their Whatsapp Helpline number: 9132699735 where anyone can share their complaints on any crime related offence and other objectionable matters.
Furthermore, DGP Assam Police, Kuladhar Saikia informed that the Department will conduct the Awareness Programme on Drug Abuse in every nooks and corner of Assam in the coming days.