ASSAM: Amid unabated drug smuggling from Myanmar, the Assam Rifles and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), in a joint operation, seized heroin valued at Rs 3.2 crore and arrested two drug peddlers in Assam’s Cachar district, officials said on Thursday.
A defence spokesman said that acting on specific intelligence about narcotics trafficking in Cachar district, the Assam Rifles troopers, in coordination with the DRI, launched a joint operation on Wednesday night.
Cachar, along with Sribhumi (formerly Karimganj) and Hailakandi districts, shares over 164 km of inter-state border with Mizoram, which has emerged as a major drug-smuggling corridor due to its proximity to Myanmar.