NER Customs seizes drugs worth ₹30.17 crore
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, June 19 2025: In a significant crackdown on illicit drug trafficking, officials of Customs Preventive, NER intercepted three separate smuggling attempts, seizing substantial quantities of methamphetamine and heroin with an estimated market value of ₹30.17 crore.

A release issued by NER Customs informed that on Wednesday officers of CPF, Silchar in a joint operation with the BSF intercepted an abandoned Mahindra Bolero at Panibhora on the Mizoram-Silchar road.

From the said vehicle, 79 soap cases containing 885.56 grams of suspected heroin and 15 boxes containing 15 kg of suspected methamphetamine tablets were recovered from a cavity constructed beneath the seat of the vehicle.

Estimating total value of seizure at ₹22.15 crore, it said further investigation is progress.

Similarly, acting on a specific information, officers of CPF, Teliamura, Agartala, along with personnel of 28 Bn Assam Rifles, intercepted' one person astride a two wheeler (Bajaj 200 NS), near Bachaibari, Kamalpur-Khowai road (NH208) around 9:30 pm Wednesday.

On search, the rider was found carrying four big packets containing 4 kg of reddish pink tablets (suspected to be methamphetamine) in his backpack.

The goods were suspected to be smuggled in from Myahmar via Mizoram for delivery in Agartala.

The total seizure is valued at ₹4.02 crore.

Moreover, the Customs officers of Singerbil CPF, Agartala seized a consignment suspected to be amphetamine (Yaba) weighing 4 kg, which was being carried from Khowai to Vijaynagar by two persons on a black colour pulsar bike without registration number on Wednesday.

Officers pursued the bike for approximately 30 minutes through dense vegetation before making the recovery.

The tablets, suspected to be smuggled in via Mizoram-Tripura border, were to be delivered near Agartala.

Customs remains committed to combating all types of cross border crime involving smuggling of drugs and narcotics, gold, cigarettes, wild life articles, fake Indian currency Notes, import-export frauds and trade based money laundering.

Customs works in close partnership with various other law enforcement agencies, it added.

Anybody can support the fight against cross border crime, smuggling and trade based money laundering by giving information to customs.

The names of informer are not only kept confidential, but there is an excellent reward scheme also, which is Income Tax free.

For details of the reward scheme, one may access https://old.cbic.gov.in/resources/ht-docs-cbec/gst/reward-scheme-for-informers.pdf, the release informed.

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