STF arrests two racketeers, seizes huge cache of 'Yaba' tablets worth Rs 60 lakh
Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police has again nabbed two persons and seized a huge quantity of Amphetamines, commonly known as 'Yaba', in tablet form on Saturday.
Since the last 10 days, a huge quantity of narcotics has been seized, including 'Yaba' tablets worth several crores, which is alarming according to the police.
According to STF officials, on Saturday morning police came to know from their sources that two Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racketeers were hiding in Topsia area.
Based on the information, the anti-FICN team of STF went to Topsia and waited for a car as per the tip. At around 8 am, the source pointed towards an SUV coming towards the Hindu burial ground on Topsia Road (South).
As soon as the source identified the car, police blocked the SUV's way with their car and forced the passengers of the car to get down.
During search, 70 packets containing approximately 1.5 lakh 'Yaba' tablets were found concealed under the seats of the car. The duo along with the car was detained and taken to STF police station in Lalbazar.
During interrogation, the accused duo stated that they had procured the 'Yaba' from North East and was about to hand them over to carriers in order to smuggle it out to Bangladesh. In the afternoon, the duo identified as Faruk Ahmed and Musaddik Ali alias Chhotu of Kamrup in Assam, was arrested and the tablets were seized.
According to police, the seized 'Yaba' tablets are worth Rs 60 lakh approximately in the illegal market.
Sources informed that during the last few days, police have arrested several persons with narcotics such as Yaba, charas and phensedyl. Among them, a few persons are known to be FICN racketeers. It is suspected that since police are keeping a strict vigil on FICN smuggling, they are now shifting to narcotics smuggling.
However this also a headache for the police as apart from smuggling of narcotics to Bangladesh, racketeers have already developed a secret market in the city as well, which is alarming.
