In a major haul, the police busted an inter-state narcotics network by seizing 800 kgs of cannabis (ganja) from a truck in Jorabat near here and arrested a person in this connection on Saturday, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Guwahati city police, headed by Joint Commissioner of Police Partha Sarathi Mahanta, conducted a raid in Jorabat area, bordering Meghalaya, and seized the contraband.
The seized drug was estimated to be valued over Rs two crore and the truck was on its way to Tamil Nadu from Manipur.
The arrested person has been identified as one K Anbalagan and further investigations were on, the official added.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a tweet said, ”In one of the biggest hauls, @GuwahatiPol team led by JCP Partha Mahanta and SI Kapi; Pathak hit a major inter-state narco network and seized 800 kgs of ganja from a truck at Jorabat. The consignment from a neighbouring state was going to a state in the South. Kudos”.
