Two held with banned drugs, cough syrup
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 22 2022:
As part of the War on Drugs 2.0, a team of Narcotics and Affairs of Border (NAB) apprehended a man with drugs during a drive conducted around 5pm on Sunday.
The arrested man has been identified as Nandeibam Kenedy (21) s/o N Ibotomba of Wapokpi Chingchep Leikai.
According to a police report, the team was conducting a frisking operation along Mayai Lambi, during which Kenedy was arrested.
Around 4kg of Kani (opium) and 22 soap cases packed with 275 gm of heroin were seized from his possession.
A case has been registered by NAB PS in this regard, the report added.
Meanwhile, a team of the Imphal East district police apprehended two men with 13,400 bottles of banned cough syrup.
The two have been identified as Md Javed Akhtar (18) s/o Md Abdul Rajak of Porompat Pangal Leirak and Md Javed Kalam (21) s/o Md Kalam of Kshetri Bengoon Makha Leikai.
As per a police report, a team of Imphal East District Police Commando on checking operation at Naharup Thongkhong halted a Maruti Gypsy around 2.15 am Sunday and interrogated the two occupants inside the vehicle.
On checking the inside of the vehicle, the team found one double barrel with two loaded rounds, 134 boxes of banned cough syrup (each box containing 100 bottles), one laptop, one printer and two mobile phones.
Both the arrested duo and the seized items have been handed over to Porompat PS for further legal action, the report conveyed.