Diphu (Assam): Police seized heroin valued at Rs 12 crore from two persons in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Wednesday and fired at one of them injuring him when he tried to flee, a senior officer said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of police personnel launched a search operation in the Khotkhoti area and stopped the two travelling on a motorcycle.
The police team recovered 1.77 kg of heroin, concealed in 150 soap boxes, from their possession and the drug traffickers had planned to supply the contraband to agents in Sarupathar in Golaghat district, Bokajan Sub-divisional Police Officer John Das said.
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