DRI seizes 76kg meth tablets in Assam and Mizoram

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New Delhi, August 28
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 76kg of suspected methamphetamine tablets in two intelligence-led operations in Assam and Mizoram, arresting two people under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Sharing details in an official statement, the DRI on Friday said that in the latest operation DRI officers, assisted by the 38th Battalion of the Assam Rifles, intercepted a 12-wheeler truck at Lalpani, about 40km from Silchar near the Assam-Manipur border.

The truck was identified from a convoy of vehicles arriving from Jiribam in Manipur. A search of the vehicle uncovered a specially built concealed compartment behind the driver’s seat. Officers recovered 36 packets weighing 1kg each and 100 smaller packets weighing 200 grams each.

The pinkish-orange tablets weighed a total of 56kg and were suspected to be methamphetamine. Preliminary tests using a field detection kit indicated the presence of amphetamine.

The contraband and the truck were seized, while the vehicle’s occupant was arrested. In an earlier operation on August 18, DRI officers intercepted a car at Bung Bangla on the Aizawl-Champhai Road in Mizoram, around 30km from Aizawl.

A detailed search recovered 20kg of similar pinkish-orange tablets concealed in specially designed cavities along the vehicle’s side panels and between its fuel tank and floor.

Preliminary investigations suggested that the drugs had been smuggled from Myanmar into Mizoram through the Zokhawthar-Champhai sector, officials said. The suspected contraband and the vehicle were seized, and the driver was arrested.