Drug manufacturing unit busted at Thoubal
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, December 03 2019:
A combined team of Thoubal district police and a column of 26 Assam Rifles, busted a drug factory at Sada Khumbi village, Nongpok Sekmai yesterday and seized a large number of heroin and raw materials and items used in processing the drug.
Briefing media persons at SP Thoubal office today, the district SP S Ibomcha Singh explained that yesterday at about 2 pm, acting on an information regarding the presence of a heroin/brown sugar manufacturing laboratory at the residence of one Ningkhangam Awungshi (39) s/o (L) Sangchuti Awungshi of Sada Khumbi village, under Nongpok Sekmai PS, a combined team of Thoubal district police and a column of 26 AR rushed to the site immediately and carried out a search of the said residence.
On searching the house� the combined team were able to seize a large amount of drugs and items used in manufacturing them, the SP mentioned adding that the seized items included 14.316 kgs of suspected brown sugar inside a plastic sack marked "Hasina Man Jayegea followed by Kanniya Trading company", 26.305 kgs of suspected brown sugar inside another plastic sack marked "white crystal sugar", four rubber hand gloves, a white cloth, 127 empty tobacco cane, two wooden pressing board machines and three plastic sheets.
The SP continued that as follow up action based on the disclosure of Ningkhangam Awungshi, the combined team including FSL, Pangei team, rushed to the house of one Wungreingam Awungshi (45) s/o (L) Shangchuti Awungshi of Sada Khumbi village.
On searching Wungreingam Awungshi's residence� the police team found two polythene bags containing suspected heroin/brown sugar (weighing 502 grams and 170 grams respectively), a lime bag weighing 9.536 kgs, a wooden pressing board, a water container, a bottle of Ammonium Chloride weighing 50 grams, three camouflage bags, a plastic jerry can (20 litres capacity) containing 10 litres of morphinated liquid, Rs 2.8 lakh in cash suspected to be proceeds of drug sale, he explained.