In a major crackdown, a team of police lead by the Superintendent of Police North District seized a consignment of heroin worth Rs 10 crore at Churaibari, the borders of Assam and Tripura on Monday morning. As many as three persons involved in the illegal trafficking of the narcotics substance had been arrested and a vehicle that was carrying the consignment was impounded.
“We have prior information that a four wheeler bearing registration number of MN 01 AK 3139 entered Tripura with narcotic substances. The police party conducted a thorough search in the vehicle leading to the seizure of more than one kilogram of heroin. The narcotic substances were kept hidden in a secret chamber inside the vehicle”, SP North Tripura District Bhanupada Chakraborty said speaking to media persons on the issue.