Guwahati, Oct. 30 -- An office table with a secret compartment and tea packets bearing foreign markings were allegedly used to transport synthetic drugs into the Northeast, revealing the increasingly unconventional methods adopted by cross-border narcotics smugglers.

In two back-to-back operations, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 50 kg of methamphetamine, including 30 kg of Yaba tablets and 20 kg of crystal methamphetamine, in Mizoram and Assam.

Four persons have been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.

The operations, conducted on October 29 and 30 with assistance from the Assam Rifles, also led to the seizure of three vehicles allegedly used to transport the contraband....