Tripura police busted a drug racket on Monday and arrested three persons and seized 1.3 kilogram of heroin from their possession at Churaibari in North Tripura district. The value of the drugs is estimated to be approximately Rs 10 crore.
The three accused have been identified as Abdul Ali, Shyamal Krishna Das and Prasenjit Das — all residents of Tripura’s Sepahijala district.
“The accused have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS). There are 16 nakas functioning in the state and the Churaibari naka is one of them. These nakas are working round the clock to ensure that no smuggling activities take place in the state,” SP Chakraborty further said.
There has been an increase in smuggling activities in Tripura through the porous and unfenced borders of neighbouring Myanmar, with a rise in seizure of contraband items like narcotic drugs, dried areca nuts, gold, Burmese cigarettes, and exotic wild animals besides other contraband items, a wildlife activist told ABP Live.
Smuggled items also get their way into the state from Assam and Mizoram.
