Overview

• Chief Minister Manik Saha said intensified operations over ten days led to the seizure of 896 kg of cannabis, roughly 90,600 bottles of banned cough syrup, 180 Yaba tablets, and 27.78 grams of heroin.
• Police registered 15 cases under the NDPS Act and arrested 16 suspects as part of the statewide crackdown coordinated with intelligence units.
• A joint team seized about 90,000 bottles of Eskuf cough syrup from a goods train at Jirania in West Tripura, a haul valued at around Rs 4.5 crore that arrived from Delhi.
• Assam Rifles and Customs previously intercepted two cement-laden trucks on October 6 and seized 69.61 kg of methamphetamine tablets worth about Rs 70 crore, following a September 29 bust of 60.77 kg worth roughly Rs 60 crore.
• Officials say inquiries are examining whether consignments moved from Myanmar through Mizoram and southern Assam into Tripura for onward smuggling to Bangladesh, as the state reiterates a zero-tolerance policy.