AR, cops seize drugs in different cases
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 01 2020:
Assam Rifles troops also seized suspected brown sugar worth Rupees 55 lakh at Tengnoupal check post near Sita road junction on Feb 29, said the PRO of Assam Rifles in a statement.
During routine checking of vehicles, at around 2.50 pm, troops of Assam Rifles stopped a suspicious grey coloured Maruti Eeco Van bearing registration No MN 05J-0907 at, Tengnoupal check post and detected 279 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 55 lakh in the international market, said the statement.
The driver identified as Jamkhomang Baite (40) and a passenger named Thangkhaohao Baite, (26) yearswere travelling towards Imphal.
The apprehendees alongwith the recovered brown sugar have been handed over to Tengnoupal police station for further investigation.
Thoubal district commandos arrested two persons along with 500 pieces of Nitrasepam IP Holanitra Tablets from Lilong Tamyai area at around 9.10 pm yesterday.
A reliable said that acting on reliable information that some drug peddlers were moving at Lilong Tamyai and its surrounding areas, a police team was despatched.
Intensified frisking and checking was conducted in the area and two individuals indentified as Moijingmayum Farish Khan @ Thoiba (21) s/o MM Siraj Ahmad of Moijing Awang Leikai and Wangmamayum Imtiyas (19) s/o Azad of Lilong Heinou Makhong were checked and 5 boxes of Nitrasepam IP Holanitra Tablets containing 500 tablets were seized from their possession.
The two persons along with the seized items have been handed over to Lilong Police Station for necessary legal action.
On the other hand, Imphal West district police commandos also seized 6.28 kilograms of suspected brown sugar from two individuals yesterday near Thokchom Bridge on the eastern side of Nambul River.
According to a source, a team of Imphal West commandos while conducting frisking and checking on the eastern side of Nambul River detained two persons coming in a suspicious manner.
While checking their belongings 6.28 kilograms of suspected brown sugar were recovered from their possession and they were taken into the custody at around 6 pm.
On preliminary interrogation the detained persons were identified as Md Kabir Ahmed (37) s/o Abdul Latip of Moijing Awang Leikai and Ramjatan Das (43) s/o (L) Suresh Das of Bihar Begusarai, Barauni presently staying at Masjid Road, Imphal.
The seized suspected brown sugar and they have been handed over to City Police Station.