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SHILLONG: A consignment of narcotics, worth nearly Rs 20 crore, was seized by the Customs Preventive Unit from Khanapara in the Ri-Bhoi district on Wednesday night. "The activities of the drug peddler, identified as Letminlum Khongsai, were under surveillance," a customs official said. On searching the vehicle, 19.7 kg of Yaba tablets, a banned psychotropic drug, hidden in a deflated tyre of the car and on the sides of the doors, were seized," he said. "The vehicle was intercepted near the rented house of Khongsai at Killing village. The arrested person, who was wanted in connection with drug peddling cases, was staying in a rented room at Killing village and was waiting to receive the consignment that came from Imphal on Wednesday evening, the top customs official said..