Agartala, May 12 -- Tripura Police on Monday seized about 960 kilograms of cannabis worth an estimated Rs 4 crore at the Churaibari along the Assam-Tripura border in North Tripura district.
Police said this was one the biggest seizure this year. The contraband was discovered concealed inside electric transformers loaded on a truck heading towards Guwahati.
Acting on a specific tip-off, a police team led by Churaibari Officer-in-Charge Khokan Saha intercepted the suspicious vehicle in the early hours of the day.
During the raid, police noticed that the nuts of several electric transformers were unusually loose. This raised suspicion, prompting a detailed search and an additional force with a technical team was searched, police stated.
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