Five held with drugs from Thangmeiband localities
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, September 01 2022:
A combined team of Imphal West district police commandos, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) and Youth Athletic Development Association (YADA), Kshetrigao volunteers apprehend ed five drug peddlers during search operations carried out in Thangmeiband area on Wednesday night.
The arrested drug ped dlers have been identified as Thangjam Dhanajit Meitei (23) s/o Th Ramu of Thangmeiband Hijam Leikai, Salam Enrick (22) s/o S Gyanendro Singh of Thangmeiband Hijam Leikai, Yumnam Khelemba (29) s/o (L) Ibotombi of Thangmeiband Lourungpurel Leikai, Yumnam Sunny of Thangmeiband Lourungpurel Leikai and Lingjel Longjam (28) s/o L Iboyaima of Thangmeiband Maisnam Leikai.
According to a police report, a specific information was received about presence of drug peddlers in Thangmeiband area on Wednesday at around 10.30 pm.
Based on the information, the combined team conducted search at Thangmeiband Hijam Leikai and arrested Dhanajit around 10.45 pm, who, on questioning, revealed that he was a drug user and also involved in peddling drugs with his friends, Enrick and Sunny.
Based on Dhanajit's disclosure, the team raided the residence of Enrick at Thangmeiband Hijam Leikai and recovered one 200 ml Amul Kool bottle and two Khaini tills containing brown sugar, along with 14 empty soap cases.
The drugs were found to weigh 36 gm in total.
On questioning, Enrick revealed that he purchased the drugs after contacting a woman from Motbung via telephone.
The drugs were then peddled by his friends, namely Dhanajit and Sunny, with the latter also arrested from his house, following which the involvement of others, namely Khelemba and Lingjel were confirmed.
All revealed that they have been peddling drugs for many years.
The trio was interrogated and the team proceeded to raid Khelemba's residence wherein 4 plastic vials of brown sugar weighing a total of 7 gram were recovered.
He was then swiftly arrested at around 11.55 pm.
Lingjel was also arrested and his house raided and the team recovered 207 vials of brown sugar estimated to weigh around 260 gm; 10 WY tablets; 14 strips of Alzolam 0.4mg tablets; 6 strips of Tramazac tablets, 6 strips of Valium 10mg tablets; 1 strip of Tydel 50mg tablets; 2 strip of Tydel 100mg tablets; 5 strips of Buprenorphine 2mg tablets; 1 strip of WARMA capsule and 455 empty vials.
The 5 arrested drug peddlers and the seized drugs have been over to Imphal PS for further legal action.