AR seizes WY tablets worth ₹13 crore
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 29 2024:
A team of Assam Rifles seized around 90,000 pieces of World is Yours (WY) tablets from Phaitol village in Tamenglong district on Sunday.
According to a police report, the AR team was conducting routine area domination patrol in Phaitol village around 4.30pm on Sunday when they came across a suspicious looking man, who immediately dropped his bag and fled the area on spotting the patrolling team.
On checking contents of the bag, the team found four boxes packed with 90,000 WY tablets, estimated to be worth around Rs 13 crore in the international market.
The seized items have been handed over to Jiribam Police Station for further course of legal action, the report conveyed.
WY, also called Yaba is a combination of metham-phetamine (a powerful and addictive stimulant) and caffeine.
Yaba, which means crazy medicine in Thai, is produced in southeast and East Asia.