Mom-son duo arrested with Rs 35 cr brown sugar
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 20 2022:
A team of special commando unit, Khabeisoi along with Imphal East women police arrested a woman and her son from Hatta Centre Masjid Road, New Lambulane near Tribal Market on Thursday and recovered brown sugar worth Rs 35 crore in the international market.
The arrested duo has been identified as Deikhoting Haokip (52), wife of Hb Holsei Haokip of Longja village under Chakpikarong sub-division in Chandel district and her son Khailenkhup Haokip (31) .
According to police, the special commando unit led by OC subedar L Bebekananda and Imphal East women police station led by OC G Geetanjali Devi conducted frisking and checking at Hatta Centre Masjid Road near Tribal Market around 5.15 pm Thursday during which two women were detained on suspicion.
Upon searching, two plastic polythene bags containing brown sugar were found in the leather bag carried by Deikhoting Haokip.
The two plastic polythene bags weighed 507 grams and 509 grams respectively.
Subsequently, the duo was arrested and brown sugar seized after observing necessary legal formalities.
The seized brown sugar may worth around Rs 35 crore in the international market.
The arrested duo along with the seized items has been handed over to Porompat police station for further necessary actions, it added.