Brown Sugar worth more than Rs 5 Cr seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 05 2021:
Two individuals including a non local were arrested along with 6 kg of Brown Sugar worth more than Rs 5 crore from two different places.
Speaking to the media, NAB SP K Meghachandra said two teams of NAB Manipur had gone for surveillance along Imphal-Ukhrul road for Poppy and Ganja plantation yesterday.
During the surveillance an Alto car was seen suspiciously driving towards Imphal.
The vehicle was stopped at Gwaltabi foothill at around 4.40 pm.
On thorough checking of the vehicle, the NAB team found a black polythene containing 10 suspicious smaller packets inside, he added.
Due to suspicious nature, the contents of the packages were tested using a testing kit and it turned out to be Brown Sugar.
The whole catch was around 5 kg in weight, K Meghachandra told the media.
The apprehended person, who was identified as Vareihao Tinphei (62), s/o (late) Zurrei Tinphei of Shangshak Phunghon village, Ukhrul district, revealed that the contraband was delivered to him by 3 individuals at Manipur-Nagaland border.
He also revealed that he was on his way to Imphal to look for an opportunity to sell the same.
A case has been registered at NAB-PS and further investigation is underway to establish the chain of drug trafficking and arrest his other associates.
Vareiphao Tinphei was produced before the CJM Imphal West and has been remanded to 7 days police custody.
K Meghachandra added that in another instance, a team of NAB arrested one drug trafficker along with 1 kg of Brown Sugar concealed in a white flower vase from Mantripukhri area today at around 12.30 pm.
The arrested individual was identified as one Anil Kumar Gupta (49), s/o Ram Gopal Gupta of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
During preliminary investigation, Anil Kumar Gupta revealed that he is part of an inter-State drug trafficking syndicate whose top brass is based in Uttar Pradesh.
A case against the same has also been registered at NAB-PS for further investigation, K Meghachandra added.