Dhubri Police recovered large quantities of narcotic substances on Friday under Assam Police’s ongoing operation ‘War on Drugs’. Two drug peddlers were arrested by the police during this operation.
270 narcotic tablets and three containers of suspected brown sugar were seized in a search operation at Rabharsola village in Assam’s Dhubri district.
The two apprehended peddlers were identified as Jahidur Islam and Sahidur Rahman, according to the police reports.
The operation was carried out by the police with the help of the Village Defence Party (VDP) based on secret information, the police further added.
An officer, Lokman Ali, at the Fakirganj police station said, “Based on secret information, we had launched an operation with the help of VDP at Rabharsola village and apprehended two drug peddlers.”
“We had seized 27 strips of tablets, three containers of brown sugar, and Rs 32,000 cash. We will produce them before the court,” he added.