Drugs worth ₹900 crore seized & 6,800 peddlers arrested since May 2021: Assam CM

way2barak, Oct.14: Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday has claimed that drugs worth ₹900 crore were seized and a total of 6,800 people have been arrested in the state since May 2021. “To make Assam a drug-free state, the Assam government is continuing its war against Drugs,  said CM Himanta Biswa Sarma during his address at the Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.

The Assam Police on August 2 seized a huge quantity of narcotic drugs worth Rs 15 crore in the Karbi Anglong district during a joint operation with CRPF, while on July15, the police seized a huge quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 3 crore from a drug peddler in Karimganj. The said programme was also attended by President Droupadi Murmu, who was on her maiden visit to the state after she assumed office in the national capital.