Assam Police Step Up War On Drugs, Over 1,000 Peddlers Arrested In May

Last month Assam Police seized 2,439 grams of heroin, 91 kg of ganja, 17,551 bottles of cough syrup, around 1.57 lakh methamphetamine tablets, 14.16 grams of morphine and Rs 10.5 lakh in cash

As part of new Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's war on drugs, police have arrested several dealers and seized large quantities of illegal substances over the past week. Fight Against DrugGood job @assampolice ????Substantial success on May 31:????Case registered 18; Arrests 33????Seizure: Heroin 180.95 gram; Ganja 28.145 kg; Tablet 1000 nos; Cough Syrup 50 bottles; Cash recovered Rs 1,03,620 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐃𝐑𝐔𝐆𝐒 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥!Last 20 Days #WarOnDrugs☑️Cases registered=27☑️Persons arrested=44☑️Cash seized=Rs.3,07,860/-☑️Ganja=25.4 kg☑️Brown Sugar & Heroin=171.4 gm☑️Psychotropic Tablets=130☑️Vehicles seized=8#AssamSaysNoToDrugspic.twitter.com/QC0axJEa3f The Assam DGP (Director-General of Police) said 35 arrests were made and 20 cases registered on Sunday alone. DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta told reporters in Guwahati that the seizure list from that day consisted of 469.7 grams of heroin, 574.31 kg ganja, 1499 tablets and Rs 20,700 in cash. Mr Sarma tweeted his congratulations: "Good work by Assam Police to address menace of narcotics."