Guwahati: The Assam Police on Wednesday arrested three alleged drug traffickers and seized narcotic drugs valued at Rs 66 crore in the international market in the state’s Karimganj district.
The Assam police’s Special Task Force (STF) along with the Karimganj police while carrying out a joint operation at the Lamajuar area under the jurisdiction of Badarpur police station, intercepted a Bolero Camper vehicle, without registration number plates, at around 4 pm, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Assam Police, Pranabjyoti Goswami, said in a statement.
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During a thorough search of the vehicle, the joint team of police recovered as many as 2.20 lakh Yaba tablets, an addictive stimulant, concealed in secret chambers of the vehicle’s tail lights.
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The police immediately arrested the three occupants of the vehicle, and seized the consignment of drugs and the vehicle, it said.
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The three arrested individuals have been identified as Khairul Hussain, the driver of the vehicle, Mamon Miya and Nabir Hussain, all residents of Tripura, it added.
Yaba is a combination of methamphetamine, a powerful and addictive stimulant, and caffeine. Yaba, which means crazy medicine in Thai, is produced in Southeast and East Asia.
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Asian communities mostly use the drug and increasingly gaining popularity in India and is available at raves and techno parties.
Yaba tablets are generally consumed orally and sometimes used by another method known as chasing, where the users place the Yaba tablet on aluminium foil and heat it from below.
As the tablet melts, vapours rise and are inhaled.
It is also administered by crushing the tablets into powder, which is then snorted or mixed with a solvent and injected.
People who use Yaba tablets face certain risk factors including rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure and damage to the small blood vessels in the brain that can lead to stroke.
Chronic use of Yaba can result in inflammation of the heart lining and overdoses may cause hyperthermia (elevated body temperature), convulsions and even death.
The users may also show violent behaviour, paranoia, anxiety, confusion and insomnia. Those who inject Yaba may also contract Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), hepatitis B and C, and other blood-borne viruses.