Jiribam, July 21 -- Assam Rifles in a joint operation with Manipur police and CRPF recovered a large quantity of heroin and 50,000 Methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 76 crore in Manipur's Jiribam district, officials said in a press release on Monday. One individual was apprehended during the operation.

In a press statement issued by the PRO of IGAR (East) said that, in a significant blow to drug trafficking, Assam Rifles carried out an operation with Manipur police and CRPF, resulting in the recovery of 616 soap cases of heroin and 50,000 Methamphetamine tablets worth almost Rs 76 crore which were being transported by boat on Barak River in Jiribam district of Manipur on July 20.

"Based on a specific intelligence, the joint team was carry...