Bokajan: In a major development, Police in Karbi Anglong seized over 30,000 box of illegal Burmese origin cigarettes valued at Rs 6 lakh from a truck at Khatkhati exposing the spike in smuggling of contraband goods between Myanmar and India’s northeastern region.
Based on specific information, a police team from Khatkhati police station recovered the consignment from a container truck bearing registration number NL01AG 8250 from Khatkhati in Karbi Anglong district on Saturday morning.
“Today while performing routine naka checking duty on NH-39 near SBI Khatkhati branch, a container vehicle bearing registration number NL01AG-8250 which was coming from Manipur and heading towards Kolkata was intercepted,” said a senior police official.
