Tripura police on Thursday in its largest seizure in the present year (2024) have seized Yaba (methamphetamine) tablets worth of Rs. 6 crore from Damcherra area under North Tripura district, near Tripura-Mizoram border and arrested two persons.

This is second biggest seizure in the month of March and on March 10 last, the same North Tripura police has seized Yaba tablets worth of Rs. 5 crore from Agartala-bound vehicle near Bagbasa Naka Point in north Tripura and arrested three youths,

North Tripura district Superintendent of Police Bhanupada Chakraborty said that acting on a tip-off, the police personnel of Damcherra police station led by OC Sanjoy Majumder detained a suspected Bolero car (TR-01-BG-0314) at a Naka checking point. During checking in the police, police recovered sig packets containing 60,000 Yaba tablets, worth Rs. 60 crore.

He said that police arrested two persons boarded in the car including driver and owner of the seized narcotic items. They were identified as Krishna Chandra Singh (34) of Rabirbazara area under West Tripura district and Mohammad Maman Hussan (32) of Bishalgarh under Sepahijala district.

The SP added that the intercepted vehicle  was coming from Mizoram state and based on specific information, they recovered the highly addictive methamphetamine tablets, also locally called Yaba tablet or party tablet.

“The drugs smuggled from Myanmar and entered Tripura through Mizoram and Assam states. We are now interrogating the detainees to obtain further details and police have already started investigation under a specific case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and forwarded both arrested drug smugglers before a local court for further legal proceedings.

Methamphetamine tablets smuggled in from Myanmar are one of the most trafficked drugs in recent years. These drugs have a huge demand in Northeastern states, and other parts of India and neighbouring Bangladesh.