Silchar: A total of 48,000 Yaba tablets valued at around Rs 2 crore were seized, and three persons were arrested from a house in Patharkandi’s Sherpur area of Sribhumi district on Thursday.Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Patharkandi police station officer-in-charge Manash Jyoti Borah and sub-inspector Hirak Jyoti Das conducted a raid at the residence of one Abdul Kadir in Sherpur near Patharkandi town.During the search, the police team recovered a white bucket concealed in the ceiling of a room. The bucket contained four large bundles, three yellow packets and a blue packet, all packed with smaller pouches containing Yaba tablets. A total of 48,000 tablets were seized from the premises. Police also recovered 240 empty plastic pouches allegedly used for packaging the contraband.Two youths, identified as Jaharul Islam and Guljan Hussain of Gulalkandi village in Ratabari, were found at the house during the raid. Investigators suspect they had come to collect the narcotics for distribution.Besides the drugs, police seized three mobile phones from the accused.All three accused were arrested on the spot and booked under relevant sections of the NDPS Act. They were later produced before a court, which remanded them to judicial custody.A senior police official said further investigation is underway to ascertain whether other members of a larger drug trafficking network are linked to the case. He added that police are examining the seized mobile phones and other evidence to trace the source and intended destination of the consignment.
