Brown sugar worth ₹4.2 cr seized
Source: Chronicle News Service
Moreh, August 20 2022:
A team of Tengnoupal police station seized 50 soap cases containing suspected brown sugar weighing 2.111 kg which is valued at about Rs 4,22,20,000 in the international market.
The contraband drug was seized from a white Bolero (MN02G1670) driven by one Jangminsang Baite (24), son of (late) Thingkhosei Baite of Chongjang village under Moreh police station on Friday.
According to polite report, Jangminsang Baite was arrested at around 4:50 pm on Friday near Tengnoupal police station after the 50 soap cases of suspected brown sugar weighing 2.111 kg were recovered from his vehicle.
The arrested person and the seized items have been subsequently handed over to Tengnoupal police station, where a case has been registered for initiating further legal action.