The Customs busted a drugs smuggling racket with the arrest of two persons and seized narcotics worth Rs 1.64 crore from their possession here today, a release said.
Acting on a tip off, a team of officers from the Anti-smuggling unit of Customs intercepted two persons hailing from Manipur near Ganesh Mandir in Ganeshguri area here, the Customs release said.
On examination of their bag about 470 gm of morphine valued at Rs 4.70 lakh, heroin weighing 85 gm worth Rs 2.55 lakh and 15,720 methamphetamine tablets valued at Rs 1.57 crore were seized, it said.
The two persons were arrested in this connection, the release said, adding further investigations into the case is on.
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