Lagatar24 Desk
Karimganj, Jan 30: Assam police has seized a huge quantity of smuggled drugs from a Tripura-bound truck and apprehended a truck driver in the Karimganj district on Monday.
The driver, identified as Mukesh Yadav, was apprehended along the Assam-Tripura border, said police.
Police have recovered eight cartoons containing 1280 bottles of cough syrup bottles worth rupees 6.50 lakh.
“Acting on a tip-off, the police of the Churaibari watch post along the Assam-Tripura border on Sunday intercepted a truck during checking, the police team recovered 1280 bottles of cough syrup from the truck,” In-Charge of the Churaibari police watch post-Niranjan Das told ANI.
Police said the truck was coming from Guwahati and was heading towards Agartala.
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“After intercepting the container, we searched it and recovered eight cartoons containing 1280 bottles of cough syrup. We have registered a case under NDPS Act and apprehended the truck driver identified as Mukesh Yadav. Further investigation is on and the market value of the seized cough syrup bottles is estimated at around Rs 6.50 lakh,” said Niranjan Das.
Meanwhile, a case has been registered under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Further investigation is underway.
