Guwahati: In a major crackdown against contraband drugs, a team of Assam police seized a massive consignment of suspected cannabis worth Rs 1 crore from Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar.
Police arrested two persons in conection with the seizure.
They were identified as Bijoy Rai and Arabinda Sharma.
“We had an inputs about a suspected smuggling bid of cannabis in the Srirampur area and accordingly an operation was launched and we successfully seized the consignment of cannabis,” said a police official.
The police intercepted the truck and on checking it, a massive quantity of cannabis was found.
The estimated price of the consignment was found to be around Rs 1 crore.
The truck along with the consignment was immediately seized and the occupants of the vehicle were detained.