Four held with WY tablets worth ₹75 lakh
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 16 2022:
Teams of Churachandpur district police led by Churachandpur police station officer in-charge N Ingocha arrested four persons and recovered 1.50 lakh World is Yours (WY) tablets estimated to worth Rs 75 lakh on 'Thursday.
Under the supervision of the district's SP, the police teams were deployed for frisking and checking duty based upon receipt of information around 3:30 pm that one unknown person with his wife is on his way to Churachandpur to purchase contraband drugs from an unknown person.
At about 7:40 pm, the police detected 15 numbers of cartons each containing 10,000 WY tablets carried by one Wahidur Rahman in his Silver colour Alto Car (MH14BK- 5448).The WY tablets, Alto car and two mobile phones were seized after proper packing and sealing in presence of two independent witnesses and Executive Magistrate under a seizure memo, said a police report and identified the arrested persons Md Wahidur Rahman (47) S/O Lafe Tayeb Ali of Lilong Tairen Makhong, Md Mujahid (19/driver) S/O Late Md Rafizuddin of Lilong Haoreibi Makha Leikai and Sarita (35) W/O Wahidur Rahman.
The report also informed that one Ashangbam Keshorjit Singh (40) S/O Late A Setyabanta Singh of Keishamthong Elangbam Leikai, who happens to be a Havildar of 1 MR presently attached to Kakching District Commando, was escorting the drug smugglers.
He too was arrested from Khudekpi area near Moirang Lamkhai and his Creta Car (MN04A-5099) and mobile phone seized.