AGARTALA, Aug 17 (TIWN): Tripura Police’s mission against Drug Mafias intensified statewide under Chief Minister Biplab Deb’s strict order and I/C DGP Rajiv Singh’s led Police forces swift operations. A major problem is being faced due to some political interference attempts, but according to source, CM has ordered there should not be any mercy for any criminal involve in this crime. According to the last report around 86,000 kg of ganja’s seizing was successfully done in last 16 months of the new Government and it started under I/C DGP Rajiv Singh’s observation and assisted by various SPs and police officers District-wise. Also a major competitions are going on in ganja-seizing across police stations in a positive wave and hence creating hurdles for powerful ganja smugglers who have turned the state Tripura as the Northeast corridor for smuggling taking the opportunities of border areas. Few of the major seizing incidents in Tripura are given below.

On July-13 Assam Rifles caught a drug peddler at Chandrapur SBT.The arrested youth named Jayanta Debnath has been handedover to East Agartala Police station.Rs. 210 boxes of brown sugar have been seized from him.Assam Rifles was informed via sources about Jayanta Debnath and thus planwise they caught him red-handed on spot. Later, the drug peddler has been handed-over to East Agartala police.East Agartala PS OC-Jayanta Baidya said that 4.2 gram brown sugar has been recovered whose market price is 50,000 rupees. On July 6, two persons were arrested in North Tripura’s Churaibari with huge quantity of heroin, brown sugar in a special drive led by North District SP Bhanupada Chakraborty.

The raid was done in Premtala area of Churaibari on the basis of secret information came to the SP via sources.The two arrested persons are Jaharul Islam (27), Billal Ahmed (26).Both of them are residents of Pathakandi area of Karimaganj in Assam, were carrying brown sugar in bikes.Worth of the seized items are at least 50 lakhs. 

Since few years, yaba tablets have become Tripura’s most seized contrabands, results of massive illegal border business. In a successful drive, Ranir Bazar Police Station recovered 40,000 numbers of YABA Tabletstand 24,000/- cash depending on relievable information from their sources at around 4:30 AM from Madhab Bari Inter State Truck Terminus. Police said, three persons namely Manir Hussain (28), Alek Hussain (30) & Pritam Bhowmik (25) were arrested in this connection with their private vehicle bearing registration No. TR 01 AZ 0657 (Dustan) from the spot. The approximate value of the narcotics is around INR 40.00 Lacs (Forty Lacs).

The raid was headed by SDPO Jirania Suman Majumder and OC Ranir Bazar Police Station Soumen Das along with their team.This narcotics recovery and arrest at Madhabbari Inter State Truck Terminus is another success of Tripura Police.But what worries is that amid massive seizers, the drug peddlers are uncontrolled, continued unafraid jobs in contraband dealing.

On June 24, SP North Bhanupada Chakraborty led raided 1.5 crores of yaba tablets were seized whereas in last one year 10 crore’s worth yaba tablets have been seized.

BSF almost everyday seizing huge numbers of contrabands where yaba tablets are common. On June 21 late-night in such attempt, BSF has seized 9,000 yaba tablets worth 45 lakhs at Sonamura K K Nagar.

Recently BSF stated that such narcotic dealers are using women often in cross border smuggling. On yesterday, police seized 7,200 bottles of phensedyls, huge number of tablets from Shib Bari area in Agartala from godown of a local named Ratan Saha. 

A survey says, much popular in Ganja smuggling since decades, state Tripura has now developed yaba tablets smuggling, more dangerous drug than phensedyl and ganja.

Ya ba, formerly known as ya ma, are tablets containing a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine. The illicit use of this drug combination has caused problems in South East Asian countries. 

However, police yet to take action against few politically powerful persons due to pressure and power-politics. Time to time allegations came against MP Pratima Bhowmik for her family run phensedyl business, Ram Prasad Pal’s brother Mana Pal and few more and it has wide expectations that raids will be done in such people’s residences also in coming days.