Woman drug peddler held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 03 2023:
A team of Kakching commandos arrested two drug peddlers along with 932 grams of heroin from Langmeidong police outpost under Waikhong police station, this morning.
According to well placed sources, the commandos carried out a frisking and checking drive along Sugnu-Kakching road on receiving inputs about the transportation of contraband in a passenger vehicle.
During the frisking at Langmeidong police outpost, a passenger bus coming from Sugnu side was detained and from it 70 soap cases of heroin were seized.
The drug was reportedly brought by one passenger Lamjaneng Khongsai, (38) d/o (L) Khatlim of Sugnu Tribal village.
Initially, the woman refused to open the bag (blue colour) she brought, said the sources and added that the bag was opened with the help of another woman (co-passenger) and the heroin was found packed in the back.
Lamjaneng Khongsei was arrested by the women personnel of Kakching police along with the heroin.
On interrogation, the police learnt that the drug was to be delivered to a particular person near Kakching auto parking areas, continued the sources and maintained that the phone number of the third party was taken from Lamjaneng Khongsei following which the person was identified as Md Anjar (32), s/o MV Abdul Kalam of Sora Maning Leikai.
Md Anjar disclosed that he had received another consignment of drugs from Lamjaneng Khongsai in January 2023 .
The two drug peddlers have been handed over to Waikhong police station.