Contraband items recovered
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 17 2015 :
Based on specific intelligence regarding ferrying of contraband items, troops of the 6 Dogra of 26 Sector AR under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) established a vehicle check post at Kangbarol - Chayang road and apprehended three indi -viduals carrying contraband Ginseng weighing 823.5 kgs on Jan 15 .
According to a statement issued by the PRO of IGAR (S), the suspicious vehicle, a green coloured Khundagari (Shaktiman) bearing registration number DIS- 260, traveling from Sugnu village to Laijing village was stopped for checking.
A thorough search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 35.5 kgs of Ginseng (locally known as Kachu, Baal) worth Rs 2,13,000, 788 kgs of Herb Ginseng (locally known as pacha) worth Rs 7,58,000,.a cash amount of Rs 55,600 and three-mobile phones along with four SIM cards were recovered from their possession.
The apprehendees were identified as Thongpao Mate S/o Hemkhothang Mate (47) of D Mounnaphai, Tengnoupal, Himkholen S/o Holkhothang (23) of Tuinoi Part I, CCpur and Minlal S/o Paoncam (24) of Galmol village, CCpur.
The apprehendees along with the recovered items have been handed over to the Narcotics Control Bureau Imphal, it added.