KHOWAI/AGARTALA, April 28 (TIWN): Some places of Khowai district are becoming a hub of contrabands, narcotics business. Contraband items like drug tablets, phensedyl, correx, drug powders are found selling in a broad day light.

According to sources, Kohinoor Complex, Airport Ground and Khowai Higher Secondary School ground is already become a hub of contrabands, narcotics business. The network is very deep-rooted and widespread. But selling of contraband items in a broad daylight in open market has raised questions with the police and administrative section. It is learnt that police knew about the selling of contraband items in a broad daylight. But the police are playing a role of silent spectator in exchange of weekly bribe, said sources.

Shamaresh Shil is the smugglers leader. But police is not arresting him due to under table connection, said sources.   

Large parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar are emerging as drug consuming zones, and bordering areas of Tripura are contributing to the fast­emerging drugs market. Smugglers based in Tripura are sending these contraband items to Bangladesh virtually by the truckload, hundreds of acres of remote land in West Tripura have become sprawling ganja plantations, the source informed.

According to a source, consumption of alcohol is banned in Muslim majority Bangladesh and thus the demand of alternative means like codines is on the rise in the neighbouring country. Numerous smugglers of both sides of border are engaged in illegal trade of Phensedyl as it gives them huge income