Guwahati, Dec 17: Cachar police have arrested three youths and seized 388 grams of suspected heroin, valued at around ₹2.20 crore, during a late-night operation against narcotics trafficking in Assam’s Cachar district.

According to police, the raid was carried out on Tuesday night following specific intelligence inputs about the movement of drugs into the district.

“After receiving precise information, our team intercepted a car entering Cachar and conducted a thorough search. The contraband was found concealed in 30 soap cases hidden in different compartments of the vehicle. The vehicle and the seized items have been taken into custody as per legal procedure,” a police official said.

The arrested individuals have been identified as Dildar Hussain (25), Nazrul Hussein (20), and Jasim Uddin (25), all residents of Bhanga Bazar under the Dholai police station area.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the heroin consignment was being transported to Guwahati. The accused have been booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

“This operation is part of our sustained crackdown on drug trafficking in the region. We are committed to dismantling the entire supply chain and taking stringent action against all those involved,” the official added.

The seizure comes close on the heels of another major haul in the district, where Cachar police recently arrested two drug smugglers and recovered 90,000 Yaba tablets worth ₹26 crore from a truck at Rangpur. The accused in that case were identified as Dalim Uddin Laskar and Abed Sultan Barbhuiya, both residents of Dholai in Cachar district.

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