Brown sugar seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 15 2019:
Customs Division Imphal Anti Smuggling Unit arrested a 34 year old individual and seized brown sugar worth Rs 2 crore yesterday morning.
According to a reliable source, a team of Anti Smuggling Unit Customs Division Imphal, acting on specific information about transportation of drugs along Imphal-Dimapur road, searched some suspected area early morning yesterday.
One individual identified as Chongkhai Kipgen (34) s/o (L) Janglun of Ahthibung village, Paren district, Nagaland, who was waiting for a passenger vehicle at Pheidinga bus parking to travel to Dimapur, was detained by the unit and on checking his belongings, two packets of brown sugar were found concealed inside a Mora (traditional stool made of bamboo).
Chongkhai Kipgen was arrested and the two packets of brown sugar were seized after observing necessary formalities.
The source continued that the seized brown sugar is worth around Rs 2 crore.