Guwahati, July 28 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday commended the Cachar Police for a successful anti-narcotics operation that resulted in the seizure of 20,000 Yaba tablets worth Rs 6 crore and the arrest of two suspected drug peddlers.

The operation, based on specific intelligence input, was carried out near the Assam-Mizoram border in Cachar district.

According to police sources, the area has been increasingly used as a corridor by drug syndicates to traffic narcotics into Assam from neighbouring regions.

Two individuals believed to be part of an interstate drug trafficking network were arrested during the raid. The seized contraband - Yaba tablets - is a combination of methamphetamine and caffeine, commonly traf...