Police seized a huge quantity of drugs worth around Rs 4.50 crore and apprehended three people in Assam’s Morigaon district on Friday.

Based on secret information, a team of Jagiroad police station in Morigaon district checked two trucks and a pick-up van at a petrol pump at Jagiroad area on early Friday morning.

Suprotive Lal Baruah, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Morigaon district said that, during checking the police team recovered 43 soap cases containing 567 grams of heroin from the trucks and pick-up van.

“We have seized the two trucks and pick-up van and apprehended three persons. The seized trucks were coming from Manipur. Out of three apprehended persons two are hailing from Manipur. The market value of seized drugs is estimated at around Rs 4.50 crore,” the police officer said.

The apprehended persons were identified as Basir Khan, Altaf Khan and Jahidul Ali.