Arms, ammos, drugs seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 12 2020:
Tengnoupal district police arrested three persons and seized arms and ammunition and brown sugar in two separate operations yesterday.
A combined team of Moreh Police and commandos seized the arms and ammunition from a Swift Car travelling towards Imphal from Moreh at Kondong Lairembi Police Check Post and arrested the driver identified as Khaijamang Touthang (30), s/o Ngamjapao Touthang of Yangoubung village, presently staying at Moreh Ward No 1.The team seized 6 USA made 4th Generation Glock 21 pistols with 12 magazines, one Smith & Wesson pistol (with the logo M&P bodyguard 380) with 2 magazines, six cleaning rods, 12 pairs of pistol grips and 6 'H' shaped plastic fibre accessories.
On the other hand, the district police and commando personnel arrested two other persons including a woman along with 839 grams of brown sugar at the Kondong Lairembi check post yesterday afternoon.
The arrested persons have been identified as Zamkhosei (34), s/o Hemkholun of T Muljol village, Churachandpur district and Vakneijem Gangte (38), w/o (L) Lientinmang Gangte of Canan Veng, Churachandpur.
They were travelling in an Eeco Van towards Imphal from Moreh.
The combined team of Moreh Police and commando personnel were conducting frisking and checking at Kondong Lairembi check post under the command of M Amit, Additional SP Operations Tengnoupal when they stopped and conducted thorough checking of the vehicle (Eeco Van) .
70 packets of brown sugar (44 packets in soap cases and 26 packets without soap cases) weighing 839 grams approx were found concealed inside the back seat of the vehicle.
As per preliminary interrogation, the contraband items belong to the driver of the vehicle, Zamkhosei and the woman passenger, Vakneijem Gangte had knowledge of the said contraband, said police.
The arrested persons and the seized items have been handed over to Moreh Police Station for further necessary legal action, said police.