In a significant drug haul, Yaba tablets price round Rs 15 crore had been seized in Cachar district of Assam and two individuals have been arrested, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned on Sunday.
“Narcotics price Rs 15 cr seized… Primarily based on credible inputs, @cacharpolice performed a particular operation at Ghoongur Bypass and intercepted a automobile coming from a neighbouring state,” he mentioned in a publish on X.
Upon an intensive search, 50,000 YABA tablets hid in 5 packets had been recovered on Saturday, Sarma mentioned.
“Two have been apprehended and the automobile has been seized,” he added.
The chief minister lauded the efforts of Assam Police in making the state drug-free.
Yaba or ‘loopy drugs’ in Thai is a pill type of a combination of methamphetamine (a robust and addictive stimulant) and caffeine.