Guwahati, Oct 5 : Assam Police seized a huge cache of cannabis in the state’s Cachar district on Thursday, officials said.
The Cachar police conducted a special operation in the Kalain area at the Assam-Meghalaya border in response to a tip-off and intercepted a truck, travelling from Tripura to Meghalaya via Assam, in the Kalain neighborhood.
On searching it, police found 1,705 kg of cannabis on the vehicle with a market value of around Rs 6 crore.
Talking to IANS, Superintendent of Police, Cachar, Numal Mahatta: “We had information about the movement of the vehicle illegally carrying a huge cache of cannabis.We chased the vehicle, and it was stopped near the Assam-Meghalaya border.However, the driver of the vehicle fled away in the dense forest at the interstate border.”
The police have launched a manhunt to nab the driver.”The operation is underway.We believe that the driver has been hiding somewhere in the forest.We are hopeful that he will be arrested,” the SP added.
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