Three persons have been arrested and drugs worth around ₹7 crore seized in two separate operations in Assam's Cachar district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The contraband was being transported from a neighbouring State, he added.
"In a big boost to Assam's mission of a drugs-free society, @cacharpolice in two separate operations seized over 1.2 kg of heroin worth approximately 7 crore," Mr. Sarma wrote on X on Friday.
He said in both instances, the heroin was being transported from a neighbouring State and three people have been apprehended in this connection.
Cachar Police had arrested three other persons and seized heroin worth about ₹3 crore on Thursday also.
The CM, in a post on the micro-blogging site, had said 572 grams of heroin, costing around ₹3 crore, was recovered during an operation at the interstate bus depot, Silchar.
The drugs were being transported from a neighbouring State and three persons were arrested, he added.