Drugs worth Rs 2 Cr seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 03 2019:
Tengnoupal Battalion of 26 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) once again apprehended a drug smuggler carrying Brown Sugar and WY tablets worth Rs 2.532 crore at Khudengthabi check post yesterday.
In a statement, PRO of Assam Rifles said that a combined team of troops from Khudengthabi Post and a team of Moreh CDO and Moreh police stopped a silver coloured Hyundai i20 car bearing registration No MN06LA 5954 travelling from Moreh to Imphal for checking.
The individual was detained on confirmation of the carriage of contraband.
The detailed search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of 32 Bricks wrapped in an off white paper containing pouches with tablets, 64,000 pieces suspected to be WY tablets and 25 packets of orange coloured powder suspected to be Brown Sugar, approx weight 306 grams were found hidden inside the fabricated compartment under the doors of the vehicle.
The contraband items were being smuggled by Chirom Momocha Singh (24) S/o Chirom Deben Singh of Koirengei Bazar, Imphal East district.
The approximate cost of WY tablets and Brown Sugar is Rs 2.532 crore, added the PRO.