Guwahati, July 4: The Shangshak Battalion of Assam Rifles on Monday foiled the smuggling of contraband items worth Rs 67.14 lakhs in Ukhrul District, Manipur.

ASSAM RIFLES FOILS SMUGGLING OF CONTRABAND ITEMS WORTH RS. 67.14 LAKHS IN MANIPUR
Shangshak Battalion #AssamRifles on 02 Jul 2023, foiled Smuggling of Contraband items worth Rs. 67.14 lakhs in Ukhrul District, Manipur.@HMOIndia @adgpi @PIBHomeAffairs pic.twitter.com/bo4AxGy3aM

— The Assam Rifles (@official_dgar) July 3, 2023

Also, in another joint operation, the Radhanagar Battalion of Assam Rifles with Jirighat Police Station launched an operation and seized a substantial quantity of heroin with an estimate value of Rs. 1.1 crore.

The operation was conducted in the Lalpani area, under Jirighat Police Station in Cachar District, Assam.

One person was apprehended along with the confiscated contraband, later he was handed over to the Jirighat Police Station for further investigation and legal proceedings.

On July 1, in a separate operation around 150 bags of illegal Areca nuts was seized in the Melbuk area of Zokhawthar, along with 33 grams of heroin worth Rs. 1.07 crore. The recoveries were made in an operation launched by the Customs Department, Zokhawthar, based on specific intelligence inputs.

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