WY tablets, opium, poppy seeds seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Moreh/CCpur, March 23 2023:
Huge quantities of WY tablets, opium and poppy seeds were seized by security forces from different places of the State during the last 48 hours.On checking an auto-rickshaw which was moving towards Imphal from Moreh at around 3 pm today, a team of Tengnoupal Police recovered two bundles of WY tablets wrapped in yellow plastic packets.
The two bundles weighed 2.276 Kgs (including the weight of the packaging materials) .
Subsequent upon recovery of the contraband item, Limkhohao Baite (39) s/o late Ngamjang Baite of Mission Veng, Moreh Ward No 2 who was driving the auto-rickshaw was arrested and he was later handed over to the Tengnoupal police station along with the two bundles of WY tablets.
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On the other hand, Churachandpur police arrested a drug dealer and recovered 3 Kgs of illicit opium along with 6.5 Kgs of poppy seeds from his possession yesterday.
Acting on an input that one Henkholen Lupheng (30) s/o (L) Thangngam Lupheng of M Semoul, Churachandpur was selling huge quantity of drugs/opium at his residence, a team of Churachandpur police station rushed to M Semoul village, and made a requisition to the District Magistrate, Churachandpur to depute one Executive Magistrate to be present during the search of Henkholen's residence.
Accordingly, SDM Thanlon Lalthanzam Fimate arrived at the spot and the house of the suspect was searched in his presence.
During the search, three packets containing opium which weighed one Kg each and 6.5 Kgs of poppy seeds, two mobile phones and one digital weighing machine were recovered.
Soon the police arrested Henkholen Lupheng and the recovered items were seized by observing formalities.
Meanwhile, one suspected drug supplier was arrested by a team of Imphal East District Police from Kairang Muslim Thongkhong along with heroin (No 4) last night.
The arrested youth has been identified as Md Ilyas Khan alias Sana (23) s/o Abdul Wahab of Irong Mathak Leikai, Thoubal district.
Altogether 21 soap cases containing 257 grams of heroin were recovered from his possession.
One car (Maruti Suzuki SX4) reportedly used in transporting the contraband item was also seized by the police team.
A case has been registered against Md Ilyas Khan at Heingang police station.