Agartala, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tripura police on Saturday seized 60,000 methamphetamine tablets, also known as 'Yaba' tablets, worth Rs 6 crore and arrested three drug peddlers, officials said.
North Tripura district superintendent of police, Bhanupada Chakraborty, said that acting on a tip-off, the methamphetamine tablets were seized from a vehicle which was entering the state through the Churaibari check-post from Assam.
Three drug peddlers, all residents of Sonamura in Sepahijala district, were arrested in connection with the seizure. The police have registered a case under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985.
The police suspect that the drugs were brought from Myanmar and were intended to be smuggled into Bangladesh.
Source: IANS
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