Diphu (Assam), Jun 5 (PTI) One person was arrested and heroin worth over Rs 6 crore was seized from a vehicle in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Monday, police said.

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Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and CRPF launched a search operation near No. 2 Nambor Forest Bridge under Barpothar police station area and stopped a vehicle coming from Nagaland.

While searching the vehicle, security forces recovered 1.10kg of heroin from 89 soap boxes hidden in the car's door panel.

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The arrested vehicle's driver, Paresh Malik, was bringing the contraband from Dimapur in Nagaland. PTI cor DG

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