Police seize drugs worth INR 48 crore in Assam; three held

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Assam police have seized a large quantity of drugs worth approximately INR 48 crore in two separate operations in Assam's Sivasagar and Karbi Anglong districts.

Guwahati (Assam) [India] June 18 (HBTV): Assam police have seized a large quantity of drugs worth approximately INR 48 crore in two separate operations in Assam's Sivasagar and Karbi Anglong districts. 

Police also apprehended three persons in connection with the cases. 

In the first operation, Sivasagar district police intercepted a Tata 407 truck on the night of June 16-17, which was coming from the Nagaland side.

"During the search, the police team recovered a total of 399 soap cases of heroin weighing about 4.6 kg from the vehicle and apprehended two persons," a senior police official said.

In another operation, Karbi Anglong district police found approximately 8.033 kg of morphine and apprehended one person.

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