Cachar, Dec. 14 -- Police seized a large quantity of foreign-made cigarettes and heroin in two separate operations in Assam's Cachar district on Sunday and apprehended three persons, officials said.

Partha Protim Das, Senior Superintendent of Police of Cachar district, said that, based on intelligence input, a vehicle was intercepted at Digorkhal check post along the Assam-Meghalaya border on Sunday.

"On a thorough search, the police team recovered 81 packets in a total of 16,200 pieces of Burmese cigarettes from the vehicle. One person namely Debnath D Sangma from Goalpara district of Assam, was apprehended. Investigation is on," Partha Protim Das said.

In a separate operation, Cachar district police recovered and seized around 58 gra...