*Correspondent
DILLAI May 15:*
Dillai Police on Sunday recovered contraband drugs worth around Rs. 10 lakhs during a naka checking at Dillai.
The drugs were seized after the Police received news about a drug peddler carrying the drugs from its sources. Dillai Police set up a special Naka check point and intensified the search operation at around 2 pm.
Amidst the search operation, a Tata magic mini van bearing registragion no. AS 09 C 9521 was intercepted on suspicion of carrying illicit drugs. The van was searched rigorously and 10 soap boxes of suspected contraband drugs concealed between the vegetable bags were recovered.
In connection to the case, one person Anim Saha (24) son of Manik Lal Saha from Jugendra Nagar, Agartala, Tripura was arrested.
The SDPO of Bokajan John Das informed that the drugs weighed 122.12 grams and would easily fetch Rs.10 lakhs in the market.