Police, AR recover WIY tablets; five nabbed
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 29 2022:
A team of Kakching CDO nabbed four persons from Kakching Khunou Lamkhai and recovered large quantity of suspected world is yours (WIY) tablets from their possession on Saturday.
According to release issued by Kakching SP Shrey Vats, information regarding move-ment of drug smugglers in a Maruti Eco Van (ML05-H2640) along the Indo-Myanmar road was received on around 3 pm.
Based on the information, the CDO team intercepted the Eco Van at Kakching Khunou Lam-khai.
The Eco Van was occupied by four suspected persons.
Upon questioning, the driv-er identified himself as Mang Robert Singson (24) s/o Seilal Singson of L Semoul village, Churachandpur district and the co-driver as Jangkholen Haokip (23) s/o Henthang Ha-okip of 43, N Molhoi, Chura-chandpur district and the two others seated in the rear as Th Andrew Tongkhanmang Baite (20) s/o Th Tongkhothang Baite of Tengnoupal village, Tengnoupal district and T Thangjalal Haokip (37) s/o T Lhukhongam Haokip of Khol-mun village, Churachandpur district.Upon checking the vehicle, the team recovered one black colour carry-bag containing 10 plastic packets wrapped with brown colour tape and covered with transparent plastic sus-pected to be WY tablets which were kept concealed behind the rear seat of the vehicle.
The suspected WY tablets were found to be approximately 11.154 Kg.
Upon carrying out body search of the suspects, three mobile phones were re-covered from their possession.
They were arrested from Ka-kching Khunou Lamkhai and the items including the vehi-cle were seized by observing formalities and the arrested persons along with the seized articles and vehicle handed over to Waikhong PS OC for taking further necessary legal action, added the release.
Meanwhile, Tengnoupal Battalion of Assam Rifles of IGAR (South) recovered 15 packets containing 1,50,000 WIY tablets worth Rs 7.5 crore at Tengnoupal on Saturday.
In a release, PRO IGAR (S) informed that during routine checking at Tengnoupal Mo-bile Vehicle Check Post, troops of Assam Rifles recovered 15 packets containing 1,50,000 WIY tablets from a vehicle.
The recovered narcotics along with the vehicle and the drug peddler have been handed over to Tengnoupal Police for further investiga-tion, it added.