During extensive charge and rummaging to detect any cavity or chamber, few soap boxes containing brownish powder substance in transparent polythene were found concealed in a hollow chamber at the lower end of the door frame of the said Eeco van and the petitioner during the investigation admitted that the soap boxes contained heroin and further confessed that there is also one packet of Methamphetamine tablets concealed in the same chamber. Being guided by the petitioner, the DRI officials recovered one black rectangular packet wrapped with transparent adhesive. In that way 17 nos. of soap cases containing similar brown colour substance and one black rectangular packet wrapped with adhesive tapes were recovered from both the left and the right door frames of the said Maruti Eeco van. On being enquired by DRI officials, the petitioner stated that his wife namely, Smti. Chonghoi Haokip and her aunty were the owner of the recovered drugs and that they look after the trade of Narcotic drugs and submitted that his wife is present at their residents at Pilingkata Road, Basistha, Guwahati and they would have proceeded to that house if not had been apprehended. During such search, the mobile phones of the petitioner and the other accused, Indian currency of Rs. 4,44,200/- and three ATM cards were recovered and in that manner, 679.60 Gms. (277.50 Gms. with regard to 17 Sachets + 402.10 Gms. relating to 26 soap cases) of powdery substance and 10,000 nos. of Methamphetamine tablets, weighing about 1000 Gms., mostly orange in colour and few in green were recovered. The value of those 679 Gms. of heroin was at Rs.67,96,000/- and that of 10,000/Methamphetamine tablets was of Rs.70,00,000/-. Altogether the Narcotics Drugs recovered from the said vehicle worth Rs.1,47,11,648/-.
