Airport drug haul case
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 06 2017:
All the
accused in the Imphal Airport
drug haul case, including MLA
of Wangkhei Assembly
Constituency O Henry
appeared before the Special
Court, Narcotic Drug and
Psychotropic Substance today.
The other accused are
Sapam ( Angus @ Naoba, Md Rajauddin, Luwangthem Tarpon and two
non-locals namely Ramveer Tyagi and Rajneesh Kumar both from
Ghaziabad.
Charge consideration against Tarpon who was newly indicted
as one of the accused in the case was held today in the
presence of his counsel.
After hearing all the submissions of CBI and defense
counsels, the Court fixed May 22 for passing order of charge
hearing of the infamous case.
It may be mentioned that CBI Special Branch Kolkata had
filed a charge sheet against the five accused on April 18 of
last year bearing number 6 of 2016 by DSP of CBI BB
Chakarvarty for the offence punishable under Section 21/25
(A)/29/32 of ND & PS Act and under Section 120 (B)/420/
468/471 and 506 of IPC.
On January 11, 2013, a team of SIU seized a huge consignment
of drug concealed in seven carton boxes from Imphal
Tulihal Airport.
Soon after the seizure of the drug, the SIU team was
abolished.