GUWAHATI, OCT 18:

One person was arrested with 30,000 banned Yaba tablets worth Rs 7.5 crore in Assam’s Kamrup district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday.

He said the operation was carried out by the state police’s Special Task Force (STF) in Amingaon on Saturday night.

“Fighting the evils: Every Day, Every Hour! In an Intel backed operation last night, @STFAssam intercepted a courier who was carrying 30,000 YABA tablets en route lower Assam, in Amingaon,” Sarma said in a social media post.

He said the accused was arrested and the drugs worth Rs 7.5 crore seized.

Yaba tablet, known as “crazy medicine” in Thai, is a highly addictive drug, containing a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine. (Source: PTI)