Drug Trafficker Injured In Police Firing In Assam; Heroin, Opium Worth Rs 20 Cr Seized
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Police claimed that some unidentified people later set the truck ablaze but the drugs were shifted from the vehicle by then.
An alleged drug trafficker transporting heroin and opium worth Rs 20 crore to Rajasthan was injured in police firing early on Saturday after he "snatched a revolver from a sub-inspector and opened fire" in Assam's Kokrajhar district, an officer said. #AssamAgainstDrugsIn an operation conducted at Srirampur Gate, @assampolice seized 3.1 kg Heroin and 85 kg opium from an accused who was carrying it from a neighbouring state of Assam to another state in North India.Keep up the good work 👍@DGPAssamPolicepic.twitter.com/Xx9ICsfCd3
Police claimed that some unidentified people later set the truck ablaze but the drugs were shifted from the vehicle by then.
The Rajasthan-bound truck coming from Manipur was stopped at Srirampur check gate along the West Bengal-Assam inter-state boundary and 3.1 kg of heroin and 85 kg of opium were seized from the vehicle, the officer said.
The driver, hailing from Barmer in Rajasthan, was arrested. He revealed that there is an associate of his in Gossaigaon, around 10 km from Srirampur.
