Assam: Police arrest drug peddler with 84.96 grams of brown sugar from state's Barpeta district

 Assam Police on October 29 seized 84.96 grams of brown sugar and apprehended a drug dealer in the state's Barpeta district. 

As per the information, the Barpeta Sadar police station in-charge Ranjan Doley, in collaboration with Howly police, arrested the drug dealer named Mohir Uddin Ahmed from his residence in Hajipara in Howly and seized a huge quantity of drugs.

Ahmed further revealed the banned drugs were smuggled from Dimapur to Barpeta with the help of trucks.

In this regard, the police have registered a case of the drug peddler at Howly police station and an investigation is underway.

On October 27, the state police had seized drugs worth 4 crores and arrested two persons along the Assam-Tripura border.

The arrested persons were identified as Islam Uddin, a resident of the Nilam Bazar area, and Hussain Ahmed.

The seizure was made after a car bearing registration number AS 10 D 7320 was raided on National Highway 8 connecting Assam Tripura in the Badarpur area and seized 621 grams of heroin.

The drugs were supposed to be brought from the Burma border to the Nilam Bazar area but eventually, the police caught them. 

Earlier on October 16, the Assam Police on October 16 seized around 2,400 kg of ganja tucked in drums along with the Assam-Tripura border. The police also apprehended two persons in this regard.