Assam Rifles, DRI seize drugs worth Rs 6 crore in Tripura, two held

Agartala: The Assam Rifles in a joint operation with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), on Saturday, recovered 60,000 highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at more than Rs 6 crore, defence sources said. 

A Defence spokesman said that the Assam Rifles intercepted a WagonR at Teliamura in Western Tripura’s Khowai district and recovered the methamphetamine tablets, also known as Yaba or party tablets, contained in six packets. Two drug peddlers identified as Dilbar Hussain and Md. Juber Ahmad were apprehended during the operation.

Hussain is a resident of Hailakandi and Md. Juber Ahmad is a resident of Karimganj in southern Assam.  The apprehended individuals, along with the recovered narcotics, were handed over to the DRI for further investigation and legal proceedings.

This operation underscores Assam Rifles’ continued efforts in combating drug trafficking, the spokesman said.  A police official said that the drugs were smuggled from Myanmar and through Mizoram and southern Assam these contrabands ferried to Tripura to further smuggle to neighbouring Bangladesh. (IANS)

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