One person was arrested after officers found drugs hidden in a fabricated compartment of a tipper truck near Borkhola.
Officers from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and the 38 Battalion of Assam Rifles seized 20 kg of methamphetamine tablets from a Tata tipper truck on 12 November 2026, according to reports from ANI and Tripura Star News.
The interception took place near Borkhola in the Cachar district of Assam following intelligence inputs.
During a thorough inspection assisted by a mechanic, officials found a hidden space built into the top inner section of the vehicle's right-side panel.
The area where the compartment was located had been welded and then disguised using paint and cement to hide the modifications.
The recovery included 32 packets of pinkish-orange tablets, consisting of 17 one-kg brick-shaped packets and 15 rectangular packets weighing 200 grams each.
Preliminary tests using an NDPS Field Detection Kit suggested the presence of amphetamine, according to a Ministry of Finance release.
The DRI seized the tablets and the truck under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and arrested the truck's occupant.
