Brown sugar seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Moreh, March 25 2023:
Around 1.5 Kg of brown sugar was recovered by troops of 5th Assam Rifles stationed at Moreh last evening.
Acting on a specific tip off, AR troops laid an ambush at Haolenphai village near border pillar number 76 at around 7 pm yesterday.
Soon, the troops saw a man riding a Kenbo bike from Myanmar toward India.
As the troops challen- ged the man to stop, he turned around and rode back into Myanmar, taking advantage of the darkness.
When the AR troops moved to the spot from where the man turned around, a black plastic bag was found.
On checking the plastic bag, 37 soap cases containing around 1.536 Kg of brown sugar were found.
The value of the brown sugar thus recovered and later handed over to the Moreh police station is said to be around Rs 3 crore in the international market.