Shillong, May 02: The Preventives Customs Headquarters of North Eastern Regions on receipt of specific information, rushed to Silchar-Jiribam Road on 29.04.2024 and kept surveillance for a few hours for suspects carrying a drug consignment.
The Officers were able to successfully apprehend two persons from the Kashipur area at Silchar-Jiribam Road and seized 2.270 Kgs of Methamphetamine (WY) tablets from their possession valued at Rs 2.23 Crores.
The two accused were arrested under relevant sections of the NDPS Act, 1985 and have been remanded to judicial custody. Further Investigation into the case is under progress.
Customs remains committed to combating all types of cross border crime involving smuggling of Gold, Cigarettes, drugs and narcotics, wild life articles, Fake Indian Currency Notes, import-export frauds and trade based money laundering. Customs works in close partnership with various other law enforcement agencies.
Anybody can support the fight against Cross Border crime, Smuggling and Trade Based Money laundering by giving information to Customs. The names of informer are not only kept confidential, but there is an excellent reward scheme also, which is Income Tax free.
For details of the Reward scheme, please download the document athttps://old.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs-cbec/gst/reward-scheme-for-informers.pdf. You can contribute to nation building by assisting Customs in its fight against fiscal crime.
