Cachar (Assam) [India], June 7 (HBTV): The Assam Police have seized 1.7 kilograms of heroin worth approximately INR 8.5 crore and arrested one person on Thursday in the Dholaikhal area near the Assam-Mizoram border.  

‘Cachar police conducted a special operation along the Assam-Mizoram border at Dholaikhal area near Dholaikhal Border Outpost under the jurisdiction of Dholai Police Station,’ said Numal Mahatta, superintendent of police of Cachar district.

‘During the operation, the police team apprehended a person namely Abdul Ahat Laskar (33 years old). During the course of a search, the police team found 139 soap cases containing heroin from his possession. Later on, the recovered articles were seized weighing about 1.700 kilograms. The price of the contraband items in the black market is about INR 8.5 crore,’ Mahatta said. 

The senior police officer further said the consignment is suspected to have been transported from Chaiphai in Mizoram. 

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