Assam Guwahati Yaba Methamphetamine
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Guwahati: The Border Security Force (BSF) said that the Meghalaya Police and a team of BSF arrested a person from the South West Khasi Hills district with a consignment of Yaba tablets worth Rs 5 lakhs.

The consignment of the contraband tablets was allegedly supposed to be smuggled in Bangladesh.

The BSF said that they arrested the person based on specific inputs.

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As per a statement, the seizure contains 982 Yaba tablets amounting to Rs 5 lakh.

“The consignment was confiscated while the apprehended person with his accomplice came to the border area with a purpose to smuggle it to Bangladesh”, the statement by the BSF said.

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The BSF also stated while the person along with the suspected contrabands was arrested and handed over to the state police, two others managed to escape.