Silchar: Security personnel seized drugs worth Rs 13.29 crore in three operations in Assam, arresting five people.Assam Rifles and Cachar police recovered 1.363 kg of WY tablets valued at Rs 3.49 crore and apprehended a suspected drug trafficker during a joint operation on Silchar Bypass Road, according to an Assam Rifles statement issued on Tuesday. A scooter and a mobile phone were also seized.The suspect and the seized items were handed over to Cachar police for investigation and legal proceedings under the NDPS Act.In another operation, police recovered 19,400 Yaba tablets, valued at Rs 4.80 crore, concealed in a vehicle’s secret compartment at the Lailapur checkpoint under Dholai police station. The vehicle was arriving from Mizoram. Its occupants, Matachin Ali Mira and Abdul Ahad Laskar, both residents of Rajgobindpur village under Dholai police station, were arrested.Police are investigating the source and intended destination of the consignment and identifying others allegedly involved.Meanwhile, 47,000 bottles of cough syrup valued at Rs 5 crore were recovered from a goods truck at Puthichhara tollgate in Sribhumi district. Packed in 470 cartons, the bottles were concealed beneath sugar sacks.The truck was travelling from Kanpur to Agartala. Its driver, Ayub Khan, and co-driver, Rehbar Ali, both from Bhopal, were detained after allegedly failing to produce valid transport documents. Authorities are probing a possible interstate trafficking network.
