Woman held with drugs
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 19 2022:
A team of Imphal East district police commando arrested a drug peddler identified as Zarina Begum (30) w/o Md Mukhtar Nasim of Hafiz Hatta Itakhola around 6.55 am on Wednesday.
According to a police report, a team of the district police on checking and frisking operation near a private hospital at Porompat Pangal Leirak nabbed Zarina Begum with 142 gm of heroin, packed in 10 soap cases.
On questioning, Zarina confessed that she had been peddling drugs for the last 2-3 months.
She purchases the drugs from one Pepe of Tengnoupal and then sells it to one Bilkis Begum of Hiyangthang.
The drugs seized on Wednesday were meant to be sold to Bilkis, she added.
Both Zarina and the seized drugs have been handed over to Porompat PS for further legal action.