Assam Police on Saturday achieved a major success by seizing heroin worth about Rs 4 crore from a bus at the Interstate Bus Terminus (ISBT) in Guwahati. The bus had come from Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram. Based on intelligence information, the police searched the bus (registration number AR 11 B 8912) and recovered 35 packets of heroin weighing 455 grams.
Change in the method of smuggling, drugs were being transported in the open
In previous cases, the drugs were smuggled in soap boxes or other items, but this time the heroin was placed in the bus without any special concealment. This indicates that the smugglers have changed their modus operandi. This drug was being brought to distribute in areas of ‘Lower Assam’ like Rangia and Hajo.
Four arrested, bus driver and conductor also included
The police have arrested four people in this case—driver Mohammad Sahabuddin (Nagaon), conductor Safiur Rahman (Goalpara), smuggler Ziaur Rahman (Barpeta) and bus handman Uttam Nath. According to police sources, all of them were lured with a huge amount of money to smuggle drugs. At present, investigation has been started by taking the bus and the seized drugs into custody.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah praised the campaign
Union Home Minister Amit Shah praised the Assam Police and central agencies for this major action by posting on the social media platform X. He wrote, “The Modi government is attacking the drug mafia with full force. Under our vision of a drug-free India, agencies seized 30.4 kg of meth pills in Assam, worth ₹ 24.32 crores and arrested 3 smugglers. Our action will continue with such strictness.”
