SC calls for data on illegal immigration to Assam and other NE states post March 1971
The apex court also wanted to know about the progress in border fencing and the estimated timeline to complete it (border fencing).
Police apprehended two persons and recovered a large quantity of drugs from a vehicle in Assam’s Nagaon district on Thursday evening.
The apprehended persons have been identified as Moon Moon Hoque, a lawyer, and Iftikhar Hussain. According to police, based on secret information, a search operation was conducted in the Morikolong area in the district and 5,871 prohibited tablets and 190 cough syrup bottles were recovered from a vehicle.
Rupjyoti Kalita, Additional Superintendent of Police of Nagaon district said, “The operation was launched on Thursday evening and we recovered 5,871 prohibited tablets and 190 cough syrup bottles from a vehicle in the Morikolong area.”
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“We have also apprehended two persons while they were trying to transport the contraband drugs. Our investigation is on,” Kalita added.
A few days ago, the Assam police seized a huge quantity of contraband drugs from a Tripura-bound truck and apprehended the driver in the Karimganj district.
The police said that the driver identified as Mukesh Yadav was apprehended along the Assam-Tripura border on Monday.
They recovered eight cartoons containing 1280 bottles of cough syrup bottles whose market value is estimated at around Rs 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.
According to the police, the truck (container) was coming from Guwahati and was going towards Agartala.
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