Shillong July 15: South West Garo Hills police made a major breakthrough in disrupting the supply chain of narcotics to the Garo Hills from neighbouring Assam, when a large consignment of Methamphetamine tablets (Yaba) being smuggled in was seized inside the district bordering Assam’s Mankachar region, on Saturday night.
The 11,000 tablets, weighing 1.06 kg, was being brought in on two motorcycles by three Assam youth from Manakachar when the Anti Narcotics Task Force intercepted them.
Based on source information, a special operation of the task force led by the DSP (hq) of the district set up a naka checking and the drug peddlers were intercepted at Borkona area under Monabari police outpost, which is the entry into South West Garo Hills from the Mankachar region of Assam.
The police seized the drugs along with a dagger and also managed to arrest all three peddlers identified as Mostafa Sheikh (24) and Nur Abdin (24), both hailing from Mankachar, and Meter Ali of Dhanoa, Assam.
South West Garo Hills district Superintendent of Police Vikash Kumar has urged the public to contact their police station if they come across anyone dealing in such substances assuring their identity would be kept confidential and also providing a reward for any credible information to stop the flow of narcotics into the Garo Hills region.
What is methamphetamine: Methamphetamine is a powerful, highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system. It takes the form of a white, odourless, bitter-tasting crystalline powder that easily dissolves in water or alcohol. Methamphetamine was developed early in the 20th century from its parent drug, amphetamine, and was used originally in nasal decongestants and bronchial inhalers.
A 2022 report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) confirms that extreme volumes of methamphetamine are being produced, trafficked and used in Asia and that the synthetic drug trade continues to diversify.
“The supply of Golden Triangle methamphetamine also expanded further into South Asia in 2021. Crystal methamphetamine in distinct Golden Triangle packaging and tablets were increasingly seized in northeastern India, in a pattern similar to Bangladesh a few years ago” the report said.
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