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The Meghalaya Police seized drugs worthy implicit ₹51 crore, the biggest haul of narcotics successful the authorities truthful far, successful East Jaintia Hills territory and arrested 2 Mizoram-based persons successful this connection, a elder serviceman said connected Saturday (March 7, 2026).
The seizure was made during a coordinated naka-checking conducted by the constabulary and Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) unit successful the Ratacherra country connected Friday (March 6), helium said.
During the operation, a conveyance with 3 persons, including the driver, connected committee was intercepted and searched successful accordance with owed ineligible procedures.
Upon checking, 19 integrative soap cases, containing suspected heroin weighing 203.7 grams, were recovered from the possession of 1 of the 3 persons, the serviceman said.
The hunt of the conveyance led to the betterment of a blue-coloured trolley container belonging to different occupant of the vehicle.
Suspected crystal meth (methamphetamine) tablets weighing 10.145 kilograms were recovered successful the bag, the constabulary serviceman said.
'Meth' tablets are banned successful India.
Two of the 3 occupants of the conveyance were arrested, and a preliminary probe suggested that they are portion of an interstate and cross-border cause trafficking syndicate, the serviceman said.
"The full worth of the seized contraband is estimated to beryllium astir ₹51.13 crore", ANTF main Vikash Kumar told PTI.
The arrested persons hail from Mizoram, helium said.
A lawsuit has been registered astatine the ANTF constabulary station, and an probe is underway to found the guardant and backward linkages related to the seizure, the serviceman added.
