Huge cache of drugs seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Tengnoupal, June 05 2020:
A 32-year-old man has been arrested along with 50,000 WY tablets and 79 grams of suspected brown sugar at Tengnoupal district yesterday.
The 32-year old man has been identified as Manghaothang Zou, s/o (L) Liankhanhau Zou of Hiangtam village, Singhat sub-division, Churachandpur district, at present staying at Emmanuel Veng, near Mata village, Churachandpur.
He identified himself as a former cadre of ZRA, said a statement of Th Vikramjit Singh, Superintendent of Police, Tengnoupal district.
Three teams of CDO Tengnoupal, at around 4.30 pm yesterday signalled a silky silver colour Eeco Van coming from Moreh towards Imphal to stop on suspicion at Chahmol village area.
The vehicle, however, sped away.
The CDO teams made a hot pursuit of the Eeco Van upto a bailey bridge, where one of the occupants of the vehicle, later identified as Manghaothang Zou, jumped off along with a plastic bag and headed towards a gorge near.
The teams split and chased both the man on foot and the vehicle.
While one team chased Manghaothang Zou and subsequently overpowered him, the other team chased the vehicle towards Tengnoupal.
After driving about 100 metres, the driver then abandoned his vehicle on the highway and jumped down a gorge with a backpack on his shoulder.
The CDO personnel gave chase but lost him.
Following the incident, a search operation was carried out by the CDO teams and a team of Tengnoupal Police Station comprising of SI N Subash Singh, led by Th Krishnatombi Singh, Addl SP (Ops), Tengnoupal, but the driver could not be tracked down, said the statement.
On checking a plastic bag from Manghaothang Zou, the CDO personnel recovered 5 polythene packets containing around 50,000 suspected WY tablets weighing 4.922 kilograms, 6 plastic soap cases containing suspected brown sugar weighing 79 grams.
The seized articles including the van and the arrested person have been handed over to Tengnoupal PS for further legal actions.
The three teams of CDO Tengnoupal comprised of SI Wahidur, ASI W Ronny Singh and Havildar O Somenjit Singh, under the command of Th Krishnatombi Singh, Addl SP (Ops), Tengnoupal were detailed at Chahmol village for interception of transportation of drugs and contraband items along the National Highway 102 under the supervision of Th Vikramjit Singh, SP Tengnoupal, said the police statement.