Police seized illegal drugs worth Rs 6 crore in Assam’s Karbi Anglong

Based on intelligence input Karbi Anglong district police had conducted an operation at Laharijan area under Bokajan police station in the hill district along Assam-Nagaland border on Thursday evening and seized over 2 kg heroin powder from the area.

Police had arrested a couple hailing from Nagaland who had carried the illegal drugs to deliver it to an agent along the inter-state border.

According to the Karbi Anglong district police, the drugs were concealed in 150 packets.

The arrested persons were identified as Rossy Rengmei and her husband Ungma Kamei.

Karbi Anglong district police said that, market value of the seized illegal drugs is estimated at Rs 6 crore.

Karbi Anglong district Superintendent of Police (SP) PP Singh said: “We were planning to track the racket since last 15-20 days. One and half month back, we had recovered about 700 grams of suspected herion at Borpathar area and leading to that case we had also recovered 2 kg of heroin powder. We are still working out following these recoveries. Yesterday, we have recovered about 2 kg of suspected heroin and arrested two persons.”

The police official further said that, while the lady was planning to deliver the drugs to an agent in Assam side, police team caught the lady and seized the drugs.

Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted – “Pursuing an old case @karbianglongpol have busted an inter-state gang of smugglers, arrested 2 persons & seized 2 kg heroin. The total recovery in this case now is 4.848 kg heroin and this serves a major blow to the gang.”

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)