Assam: Cops bust inter-state drugs racket; two accused in police net

Assam police have busted an inter-state drugs racket and have apprehended two persons including an officer of Manipur Police on Sunday. The accused persons have been identified as Thongkipin Haokip and Letmynchin Haokip.
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Guwahati: Assam police have busted an inter-state drugs racket and have apprehended two persons including an officer of Manipur Police on Sunday. The accused persons have been identified as Thongkipin Haokip and Letmynchin Haokip. They were arrested when they were coming to Guwahati in a Tata Nexon car, IANS reported.
Joint Commissioner of Police Partha Sarathi Mahanta said that a consignment of one lakh Yaba tablets (a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine) had come from Moreh near the India-Myanmar border which was meant to be sent to Bengaluru via Guwahati.
One of them is a police officer from Manipur’s Moreh district. According to sources, he was involved in the drugs racket for the last four years. However, Mahanta did not reveal his name to the media.
Mahanta also said the market value of Yaba tablets varies from place to place.“In Bengaluru, Yaba tablets are sold for Rs 2,000 to 2,500 per piece, but it also depends on quality and demand,” he said.
Recently, the Assam Police recovered huge quantities of narcotics worth Rs. 15 crores. The raid was conducted in the Nagaon district. The team during the raid arrested two accused with huge quantities of narcotics.
During the first raid, on June 26 night, the police seized 1,360 bottles of codeine phosphate cough syrup packed in 13 cartons and a total of 5,328 spasmo plus tablets packed in 37 packets. The police arrested a drug dealer named Baharul Islam and seized a two-wheeler, India Today reported.
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