IE district police annual report Drugs, liquors worth over Rs 5 crore seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 29 2017:
Imphal East district police and Narcotic Cell Imphal East district were able to seize illicit liquor, drugs and other psychotropic substances, worth around Rs 5,79,10,400 from January 1, 2017 till date.
According to information received from the Imphal East district police, the drive against alcohol and drugs were among the major achievements of the district police, under the supervision of Imphal East SP K Kabib.
In its aim to eliminate the problems of drug abuse in the State, Narcotic Cell Imphal East managed to arrest numerous drug peddlers and also seized huge quantities of drugs from time to time.
Some of the major achievements of the Narcotic Cell and the district police include the seizure of contraband ganja weighing around 1605 Kgs and worth around Rs 1 crore from an individual which was being illegally transported in a Tata truck from Porompat area in the month of June.
In July, the district police seized SP capsules and N-10 tablets worth more than Rs 6 lakh and arrested three individuals.
In August, police seized SP capsules and heroin powder worth around Rs 8 lakh in two separate incidents and arrested two individuals.
Recently, on December 23, Imphal East district police managed to arrest three individuals, including an IRB personnel, and seized SP capsules and WY tablets worth around Rs 2 lakh.
During the period, the district police have managed to seize 14,928 litres of local liquor worth around Rs 14,92,800, 338 Indian made foreign liquor worth around Rs 1.50 lakh, 2.145 grams of heroin powder worth around Rs 3 lakh, 62,446 numbers of SP capsules worth more than Rs 27 lakh, 13,626 numbers of WY tablets worth more than Rs 24 lakh, 12,120 numbers of Zolfresh tablets worth around Rs 2 lakh, 5975 numbers of N-10 tablets worth around Rs 3 lakh, 1865 Kgs of ganja worth more than Rs 1,86,54,530, 11,500 grams of opium worth around Rs 14 lakh, 400 grams of brown sugar worth around Rs 48 lakh and 64 bottles of dell syrup worth around Rs 19,000 .
Imphal East district police and Narcotic Cell Imphal East have also managed to arrest 70 drug peddlers.