Assam: 860 kg ganja seized from truck in Karbi Anglong, three held

Assam Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), in a joint operation, seized around 860 kg of ganja and 40 grams of suspected heroin from a truck in Karbi Anglong district in the early hours of Saturday, September 10. The police have arrested three persons in connection with the seizure.

Giving information about the joint operation, Sub-Divisional Police Officer John Das said that a Naka checking was set up at Laharijan near the Assam-Nagaland border, after getting a tipoff regarding the narcotics. The area falls under the jurisdiction of the Khatkhati police station.  

"At about 2 am a truck was intercepted which was coming from Manipur and on thorough search of the vehicle total 80 packets of ganja weighing total 860 kg and 3 soap boxes containing 40.70 grams suspected to be heroin have been recovered which were hidden inside a secret chamber of the body of the truck. In this regard we have arrested three persons," Das said.

The arrested persons identified as Filter Kalita (32), Dipak Mahato (26) and Rahul Tamang (19).

Further investigation into the matter is underway.