Man held with 346.43 gm brown sugar
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 21 2023:
As part of War on Drugs 2.0, a team of Anti-Narcotic Cell, Senapati arrested a man with 346.43 gm of brown sugar during frisking-checking operation carried out at Martyr's Park, located abut 2km from Mao PS on Sunday morning.
The arrested man has been identified as Rahul Saikia (38) s/o Khireswar Saikia of Dangdhara Gaon under Titabor Police Station of Jorhat district, Assam.
According to a police report, the team halted an checked a grey colour Renault KWID (AS03W-9145) around 5.30 am Sunday and detected about 30 soap cases, suspected to be containing brown sugar in the dashboard.
The driver, Rahul Saikia was then made to take out the soap cases in the presence of an executive magistrate.
The brown sugar weighing a total of 346.43gm was seized.
Both Rahul Saikia and the seized items have been handed over.to Mao PS for further investigation and a case registered under ND & PS Act.