{"id":136391,"date":"2025-03-22T14:23:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T08:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=136391"},"modified":"2025-03-22T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T08:54:18","slug":"major-drug-bust-police-seize-1-5-crore-rupees-worth-of-heroin-in-lahorijan-checkpoint-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=136391","title":{"rendered":"Major Drug Bust: Police Seize 1.5 Crore Rupees Worth of Heroin in Lahorijan Checkpoint Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-136257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/New-Logo-Smal-1.jpg?resize=166%2C46&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"46\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">O<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">n Saturday at 8:30 AM, a routine police checkpoint operation in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=118053\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Old Lahorijan<\/a>, under the Dilai police station, led to the recovery of approximately 1.5 crore rupees worth of suspected heroin. According to reports, during the operation, which was conducted under the leadership of Akash Gogoi from the Dilai police station and with assistance from the Dilai police and Lahorijan outpost staff, a red motorcycle with the registration number AS 25 Y 8576 attempted to flee from the police.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136393\" style=\"width: 1137px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Major Drug Bust: Police Seize 1.5 Crore Rupees Worth of Heroin in Lahorijan Checkpoint Operation\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136393 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/a54d6a5f-272e-4eb0-a430-bd1c652c4286-e1742633509257.jpeg?resize=1137%2C606&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Major Drug Bust: Police Seize 1.5 Crore Rupees Worth of Heroin in Lahorijan Checkpoint Operation\" width=\"1137\" height=\"606\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/a54d6a5f-272e-4eb0-a430-bd1c652c4286-e1742633509257.jpeg?w=1137&amp;ssl=1 1137w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/a54d6a5f-272e-4eb0-a430-bd1c652c4286-e1742633509257.jpeg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/a54d6a5f-272e-4eb0-a430-bd1c652c4286-e1742633509257.jpeg?resize=1024%2C546&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/a54d6a5f-272e-4eb0-a430-bd1c652c4286-e1742633509257.jpeg?resize=768%2C409&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/a54d6a5f-272e-4eb0-a430-bd1c652c4286-e1742633509257.jpeg?resize=750%2C400&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Major Drug Bust: Police Seize 1.5 Crore Rupees Worth of Heroin in Lahorijan Checkpoint Operation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While the police were pursuing the motorcycle, it crashed on its own after traveling a short distance. Upon searching the motorcycle, the police were able to recover 276.91 grams of suspected heroin hidden under the seat in a box containing 23 soap bars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A supplier from Chaya village in Kamrup district, named Rajab Ali, the son of Samchul Hazarika, has been admitted to Khatkhati Multi-Specialist Hospital following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Meanwhile, it has been reported that the recovered heroin has been seized in the presence of neutral witnesses, and the investigation is ongoing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday at 8:30 AM, a routine police checkpoint operation in Old Lahorijan, under the Dilai police station, led to the recovery of approximately 1.5 crore rupees worth of suspected heroin. According to reports, during the operation, which was conducted under the leadership of Akash Gogoi from the Dilai police station and with assistance from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[62],"tags":[42906,39078,42904,42908,42902,32389,42911,39081,27460,32208,42910,42905,42913,42903,42909,42901,32428,27087,42914,42907,42912],"class_list":["post-136391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-update","tag-1-5-crore-rupees-heroin","tag-akash-gogoi","tag-as-25-y-8576","tag-chaya-village-supplier","tag-dilai-police-station","tag-drug-seizure","tag-heroin-hidden-under-seat","tag-heroin-recovery","tag-investigation-ongoing","tag-kamrup-district","tag-khatkhati-multi-specialist-hospital","tag-motorcycle-accident","tag-motorcycle-crash-incident","tag-motorcycle-pursuit","tag-neutral-witnesses","tag-old-lahorijan","tag-police-checkpoint-operation","tag-police-operation","tag-police-recovery-operation","tag-rajab-ali","tag-soap-bars-drug-concealment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157675,"url":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=157675","url_meta":{"origin":136391,"position":0},"title":"Assam Rifles Busts Rs 1.87 Cr Heroin Near Myanmar Border in Mizoram","author":"News Desk","date":"August 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Assam Rifles personnel recovered 250.21 grams of heroin, valued at more than Rs 1.87 crore, during an anti-narcotics operation near the India\u2013Myanmar border in Mizoram\u2019s Champhai district, officials said. 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