Overview
- An ANTF team in East Jaintia Hills intercepted a Tata Sumo at Ratacherra during a March 6 naka check and discovered contraband in a passenger’s bag and soap cases.
- Officers recovered 10.145 kg of suspected methamphetamine and 203.7 g of suspected heroin, with an estimated illegal-market value of ₹51.13 crore, the state’s highest such recovery.
- Two passengers were arrested — Rebeca Kipgen of Moreh and Lal Thawnthang of Mizoram — and a case was registered at the ANTF police station under the NDPS Act.
- Investigators say the consignment likely moved along an interstate corridor vulnerable to cross-border flows, and they are pursuing forward and backward linkages.
- In a related ANTF campaign in Delhi, a Feb 21 Crime Branch raid in Moti Nagar led to the arrest of Sarthak Tyagi and alleged supplier Kulpreet Singh, with multiple drugs seized and further network probes under way.