Yaba pills worth Rs 9 crore have been recovered in Assam's Cachar district. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma said on Thursday that a person has been arrested with drug pills. He said that this recovery was made during the action taken on the basis of specific information.

Sarma said in a post on X "Yaba pills worth Rs 9 crore were recovered. In a source based operation conducted by the Cachar Police on Silchar Aizawl bypass, an auto rickshaw was stopped and during a thorough search, 30,000 Yaba pills coming from the neighboring state were recovered."

CM praised the police
Himanta Biswa Sharma praised the police for this work and said that a person has been arrested. Yaba pills are illegal in India, as they contain methamphetamine, which is a Schedule II substance under the Controlled Substances Act. At the end of his post, Himanta Biswa Sharma wrote that Assam Police did a good job and our mission of Assam against drugs will continue.

What is Yaba?

Yaba is a pink colored methamphetamine-caffeine pill. It is made in large quantities in Bangladesh. It is smuggled into India through the Northeast region. It is also called the 'drug of madness' in the Thai language. It originated in Shan, Kachin and two other states of eastern Myanmar. From here it reaches southeast Bangladesh via the Laos-Thailand-Myanmar Golden Triangle. The letters WY are written on the cover of Yaba. It is the worst category drug in Thailand and those who use it face up to 20 years of imprisonment or a heavy fine. Those caught with more than 20 grams of Yaba are sentenced to life imprisonment/death. In Shan state, this drug was given to horses during climbing hilly areas or heavy work.