Drugs worth Rs 5 Cr seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 29 2023:
Assam Rifles and Tengnoupal police personnel arrested one individual with brown sugar worth Rs 5 crore at Larong Khunou area on January 27 .
The brown sugar seized weighed 2.918 kilograms.
Acting on specific inputs about contraband drugs being smuggled, personnel of Modi Battalion of Assam Rifles and Tengnoupal police had launched an operation setting up a mobile vehicle check post at Larong Khunou village.
During the operation, the mobile vehicle check post intercepted one Eeco van and upon searching the vehicle, the personnel found 70 soap cases containing brown sugar hidden inside the fuel tank, said a statement released by the IGAR (South) .
The arrested person along with the brown sugar and vehicle have been handed over to Tengnoupal police station for further legal proceedings, said Assam Rifles.
The identity of the man from whom the brown sugar was seized has not disclosed.