The Tripura police have achieved a significant milestone in their anti-addiction drive as the North District Police recovered 60,000 Yaba Tablets worth Rs 6 crore on early Saturday (May 6) morning.
Acting on confidential information, the North District Police, led by SP Bhanupada Chakraborty, launched a search operation at the Churaibari Naka checkpoint late last night.
After stopping a white Bolero car, the police conducted a search in the presence of Chakraborty and discovered 60,000 Yaba tablets in six packets stored in the petrol tank of the car.
The seized drugs have a market value of Rs 6 crore. Three traffickers, Shubhankar Debnath, Idris Mia, and Rajat Pal, were also apprehended.
This is one of the largest amount of drugs seized in the state. SP Bhanupada Chakraborty confirmed the seizure and arrest, reiterating the police’s commitment to eliminating drug trafficking in the state and continuation of the Anti-Addiction drive.
The SP said, the same Bolero car crossed the Churaibari Police station and entered Assam around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday before returning at Churaibari at around 6 a.m. on Saturday.
Police had prior intelligence that a large shipment of Yaba tablets would be transported. This led the Police to step up their search operation.
Upon initial interrogation, the three arrested persons revealed that they were transporting the Yaba tablets from Assam to Agartala in exchange for Rs 60,000 as “rent.”
The police’s success in seizing this large quantity of drugs is a significant step in their anti-addiction drive in Tripura.
The State government is working to make a Nesha Mukt Tripura and Police administration was directed to step up vigil to eradicate the drug menace.
While ganja is being transported from Tripura to other States, drugs like Yaba are entering to Tripura from other States. Several contraband drugs are reportedly smuggled to Bangladesh also.
Recently, Chief Minister Dr manic Saha announced that the government has taken ‘zero tolerance’ policy against the drug and directed the Police to go whole hog against the drug and contraband item trafficking.
