On Thursday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulated Cachar Police for a huge drug bust worth a whopping Rs 8.5 crore.
This comes after Cachar Police in Assam apprehended an individual in possession of a huge quantity of suspected heroin in an operation.
Officials informed that the anti-narcotic operation was based on specific intelligence inputs. During the bust, officials managed to nab the accused with as many as 139 soap cases. Upon inspecting the cases closely, the police came across the illicit substance, which they suspect to be heroin. The seizure weighed around 1.7 kilograms, the officials mentioned. Meanwhile, the seized narcotics are estimated to be worth Rs 8.5 crore in the international narcotics markets, added the police.