E4 arrested with drugs sent to jailPAOEPAO
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 19 2022:
All the three people including a head constable of Manipur police Department arrested by a team of Kangpokpi police on May 9 with contraband heroin and one non-local arrested with brown sugar have been sent to jail by the special court (NDPS), Senapati.
The three people arrested by Kangpokpi police along contraband heroin are Sonlensei Haokip (23) son of Thanghm Haokip of G Khonom village, Churachandpur; Jamgoujen Haokip (21) son of Letthang Haokip of Kingpin village, Churachandpur and Lunminthang Haokip alias Mimin Taqchapa (33) son of late Holkholet Haokip of Kholmun village, Churachandpur.
They were produced before the special court (NDPS), Senapati where IO of the case prayed for granting 15 days judicial remand for further investigation of the case.
As per report of the IO, a team of Kangpokpi police station stopped a numberless Honda City car near Daili village on May 9 at about 1.30 pm and found 212 soap cases containing contraband heroin.
Accordingly, occupants of the car namely Solensei and Jamgoujen were arrested.
Later, it was found out that the numberless car was registered in the name of one Md Riyazuddin Khan of Kwakta Ward No 1.During initial questioning, Solensei disclosed that the drug they were carrying was procured from Lunminthang Haokip, who is a head constable of Manipur police and posted at Henglep.
A combined team of Kangpokpi PS and Churachandpur PS then arrested Lunminthang on May 10.After hearing the IO's report, the court considered IO's prayer reasonable and granted 15 days judicial remand.
The same court also sent Sanjeeb Kumar Mukhia, who was arrested by a team of Mao police from a passenger bus on May 13 with 10 soap cases containing brown sugar, to 15 days judicial custody.
Regarding Sanjeeb Kumar, IO of the case detailed that the individual was arrested by a team of Mao police from a passenger bus bound for Nagaland coming from Imphal on May 13 and the brown sugar was procured from a woman named Chongloi from Churachandpur for delivery to one Imran Khan in Guwahati.
The IO also made known to the court that Sanjeeb Kumar was earlier arrested by Golaghat police, Assam and remained in a jail in Assam for 14 months.