The Tripura police in its drive against narcotic items has achieved success in a anti-drug operation ahead of Diwali at Champahawar under Khowai district and managed to seize 10 kg of dry Ganja and a quantity of foreign liquor from a house near the border area with arrest of one drug peddler.
Acting on a tip-off, police conducted a raid at a house in Mahantabasti area under Asharambari border region on Thursday evening. During the operation, police recovered five packets containing a total of 10 kg of dry ganja along with a quantity of foreign liquor.
The arrested person has been identified as the house owner, Adhir Namasudra, a resident of Mahantabasti near Asharambari Banbazar area.
According to police sources, the contraband items were allegedly stocked at the house for smuggling into Bangladesh.
The raid was carried out by a large police team led by Champahawar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sonesh Debbarma and Second Officer Ajit Debbarma.
Police sources said that a case under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act would be registered against the accused, who will be produced before the Khowai District and Sessions Court on Friday.
The crackdown ahead of the Diwali festival has created concern among drug peddlers operating in the border areas.