Latest News | Three Persons Held for Drug Trafficking in Assam

Diphu, Apr 4 (PTI) A woman and her two accomplices were apprehended in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Monday for allegedly trafficking drugs worth over Rs 3 crore in the international market.

Acting on a tip-off about the movement of the traffickers along the Assam-Nagaland border, a team of police personnel, led by Bokajan Sub Divisional Police Officer John Das, launched an operation and nabbed the three persons from Borlengri area of the district.

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The police were on the look-out for the woman ever since a person, identified as Baba Hazarika, was arrested on January 12 and huge quantities of drugs were recovered from his possession.

The woman, identified as L H Rani Rao of Manipur, was allegedly heading a drug trafficking racket and the other arrested persons include her husband R N Surinder and a resident of Borlengri P Mao, Das said.

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The police recovered 33 soap boxes with a total of 401 gm of heroin from their possession, he said.

The police also seized three vehicles, Rs 3,58,000 in cash, jewellery and some documents. PTI cor DG

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