Guwahati, February 27 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that three individuals have been arrested for allegedly smuggling banned Yaba tablets worth approximately Rs 4 crore and liquor in two separate operations carried out by the state police.
He praised the police personnel for the successful operations.
"Hidden compartments in vehicles will not hide crime," Sarma said in a post on X on Thursday.
He said that 80,000 Yaba tablets, worth approximately Rs 4 crore, were recovered from a secret chamber in a vehicle in Bagori.
Two individuals were arrested in connection with this, Sarma said.
Yaba tablets are banned in India as they contain methamphetamine, a Schedule II substance under the Controlled Substances Act.
In another operation in Digorkhal in Cachar district, 81 cartons containing 819 litres of illegal Indian Made Foreign Liquor were "recovered from a hidden compartment" of a vehicle, the CM said.
One person was arrested along with the seized liquor bottles, he added.