AR foils smuggling bid
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 29 2022:
In two separate operations, Tengnoupal and Khuga Battalions of IGAR (South) foiled cross border narcotics smuggling in Tengnoupal and Churachandpur districts on Friday and Thursday respectively.
According to PRO IGAR (S), during routine checking of vehicles at Khudengthabi Permanent Vehicle Check Post, troops of Assam Rifles intercepted and checked a van, which was found carrying 109 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 21.8 lakh in nine soap cases concealed in dashboard.
In another intelligence-based operation, troops of Assam Rifles along with Manipur Police apprehended a drug peddler from the border village of Songdai and recovered 1.76 kg heroin worth Rs 7.04 crore kept in 43 soap cases.
The recovered items along with the arrested drug peddlers have been handed over to Moreh and Singhat Police Station for further necessary action, the PRO conveyed.