Shillong, May 2: The Officers of Headquarters Preventive, Customs, North East Region, Shillong have seized methamphetamine tablets valued Rs 2.23 crore from two persons, on April 29.
In a statement, the Customs said the officers rushed to Silchar-Jiribam Road on April 29 and kept surveillance for a few hours for suspects carrying a drug consignment. The officers were able to successfully apprehend two persons from the Kashipur area at Silchar-Jiribam Road and seized 2.270 kgs of methamphetamine (WY) tablets from their possession valued at Rs 2.23 crore.
The two accused were arrested under relevant sections of the NDPS Act, 1985 and have been remanded to judicial custody.
“Customs remains committed to combating all types of cross border crime involving smuggling of gold, cigarettes, drugs, narcotics, wild life articles, fake Indian currency notes, import-export frauds and trade based money laundering. Customs works in close partnership with various other law enforcement agencies”, the statement said.
According to the Customs, anybody can support the fight against cross border crime, smuggling and trade based money laundering by giving information to customs.
“The names of informer are not only kept confidential, but there is an excellent reward scheme also, which is Income tax free”, the Customs said.
For details of the reward scheme, people can download the document athttps://old.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs-cbec/gst/reward-scheme-for-informers.pdf. People can contribute to nation building by assisting customs in its fight against fiscal crime”, the statement said.
