Man held with 1.5 lakh Yaba tablets worth Rs 7.5 cr in Tripura
First Published: 2nd March, 2020 17:46 IST
Tripura: A man was held with 1.5 lakh Yaba tablets worth Rs 7.5 crore in the international market from Gokulnagar on Sunday, police said. The Yaba tablets were being smuggled
Tripura: A man was held with 1.5 lakh Yaba tablets worth Rs 7.5 crore in the international market from Gokulnagar on Sunday, police said.
The Yaba tablets were being smuggled from Assam to Sonamura border.
Deputy Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF) Gokulnagar Sector said: “The BSF had specific information about the Yaba tablets being smuggled. We conducted an operation along with the police that led to the recovery of 1.5 lakh Yaba tablets worth Rs 7.5 crore in the international market.”
The driver of the vehicle managed to escape but the co-driver has been taken into custody, he said. The arrested person has been identified as Jahid Hussain (27).
(ANI)
COMMENTS
TOPMOST STORY NOW
Live Voting for 5 Lok Sabha seats in Assam underway, 35 candidates in fray
19th April 2024
Live Polling for 15 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Northeast underway, 96 candidates in fray
19th April 2024
Live Voting begins in 102 seats in first phase of Lok Sabha elections
19th April 2024
Live Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1: Big faces and high-stakes battles
19th April 2024
WE RECOMMEND
Voting for 5 Lok Sabha seats in Assam underway, 35 candidates in fray
Voting has begun at 7 am in 10,001 polling booths across Assam.
19th April 2024Polling for 15 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Northeast underway, 96 candidates in fray
As many as 35 candidates are in the fray in Assam, 10 each in Manipur and Meghalaya, 14 each in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, 6 in Mizoram 4 in Tripura and 3 in Nagaland.
19th April 2024Voting begins in 102 seats in first phase of Lok Sabha elections
Polling for assembly elections in the north-eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim also started along with voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday morning.
19th April 2024Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1: Big faces and high-stakes battles
The candidature of its Tamil Nadu state president shows that the BJP is pressing hard to increase its presence in South India
19th April 2024
Voting for Inner and Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seats tomorrow. 10 candidates in fray
The Inner Manipur seat will see BJP's Thounaojam Basanta Kr Singh contesting against Congress' Agomcha Bimol Akoijam and Maheshwar Thounaojam of RPI (A) and R K Somendro of MPP
18th April 2024