Cachar Police stopped a major drug transport on Thursday, October 15, 2026, and seized 2.3 lakh Yaba tablets worth 57.5 crore rupees. The illegal drugs weighed 24.589 kilograms and were hidden in a secret chamber of a truck with a Nagaland number plate. The truck was coming from Manipur and was caught at Five Mile near Silchar in Assam.
Police arrested two men named 28-year-old Sachin Tomar from Uttar Pradesh and 21-year-old Rohit Yadav from Madhya Pradesh.
Both suspects were taken into custody in connection with the drug seizure under the rules of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Cachar Superintendent of Police Partha Protim Das said this is the
biggest drug recovery by value for Assam Police in the Cachar district. The action was taken based on secret information collected over the last two to three months. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma praised the police forces for the successful raid. Officers are now tracing the source and final destination of the drug shipment.
