60 Crore medicine repaired in Tripura is security forces alert

Agartala, September 29 (IANS). Assam rifles seized drugs worth more than Rs 60 crore in Tripura. Officials gave this information on Monday. A defense spokesman said a successful action was carried out in the Mohanpur area in the West Tripura district, taking decisive actions on the problem of drugs. He said that the soldiers, while acting on the basis of reliable intelligence, caught a great consignment, and the festive atmosphere of Durga Puja utilized by the drug smugglers to smuggle an attempt to smuggle the highly intoxicated methmfetamine tablet into the state. In this campaign, 60.77 kg of limited methemphetamine pills worth Rs 60 crore was restored. The spokesman said this success is possible due to rapid response, accurate intelligence information and effective implementation, which prevents medicine from reaching their network. He said this achievement is an important step towards illegal drug trafficking and the protection of youth from this danger during Durga Puja ceremony. A police officer said drugs from Myanmar to Mizoram and Assam were brought to Tripura for smuggling in the neighboring country Bangladesh. Tripura is surrounded by a neighboring country on three sides, which has an 856 km border with Bangladesh. It is sensitive to the migration over the Northern Eastern State, different crimes, illegal trade and traffic issues. In addition to a few areas, smuggling, boundary crime, infiltrates and anti -elements in most marginal regions have fenced to prevent illegal activities. Tripura chief minister Manik Saha said that various law enforcement agencies arrested 248 people for illegal drug consumption over the past three financial years and also arrested 2.729 drug dealers. The chief minister responded to the questions of the congress Mla Supeep Roy Burman and CPI (M) MLA Supeep Sarkar in the Government Meeting, saying that, apart from the arrest of 2.729 drug smugglers during the past three financial years (2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25), security institutions are now 28 and illegal drugs. -Ians Aks/DSC