Assam Rifles foils smuggling bid
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 14 2022:
Tengnoupal Battalion of IGAR(S) foiled cross border smuggling of contrabands at Kwatha village in Tengnoupal district on Friday.
In a release, PRO IGAR (S) informed that during border domination patrol, troops of Assam Rifles observed suspicious move -ments of few individuals carrying loads on their head.
On being challenged by the security forces, the individuals dropped the head loads and fled into the jungle.
On thorough search of the packages, contraband items including liquor, cigarettes, mosquito coils, cosmetics items, and electronic worth Rs 7.33 lakh were recovered.
The recovered contraband items have been handed over to Customs Representative, Moreh for further investigation, it added.