As many as 167 cases were detected, leading to the arrest of 40 individuals. The enforcement squads seized 12,388 bulk litres of illicitly distilled liquor and 328 bulk litres of duty-paid liquor. Besides, it destroyed more than 1,16,975 litres of wash.
In five separate drug busts, 11 kilograms of ganja and 479 grams of heroin were seized, informed the official, adding that it was a sustained drive as part of a zero-tolerance approach aimed at dismantling illegal supply chains that endanger public health.
The Border Security Force (BSF) Meghalaya Frontier has said that in the first quarter of 2025, the border guarding force apprehended 115 individuals trying to cross the Indo-Bangladesh border.
