AR seizes drugs, contraband items
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 03 2023:
Troopers of 5 Assam Rifles, Moreh seized 11.193 kilogram of WY tables and 377 grams of heroin worth approximately Rs 5.07 crore and Rs 1.5 crore respectively from one M Thangkhopao Haokip (27) son of M Doujang Haokip of Gamnuom Veng, Moreh.
Thangkhopao, who was apprehended by the AR team around 11:10 pm Sunday, has been handed over to Moreh police station on Monday for further investigation along with the seized drugs.
Meanwhile, Joupi Battalion of IGAR (South) and Manipur police recovered contraband items from Changpol-Gamphazol road junction in Chandel district on April 1.In a release, PRO IGAR (S) informed that based on specific information, a Mobile Vehicle Check Post from TOB, Gamphazol was established on April 1 at the road junction.
The party intercepted a vehicle and found the vehicle loaded with 22 cases of drugs in soap cases weighing 264 gm approximately amounting to Rs 27 lakh.
The seized items along with the driver and vehicle have been handed over to Chandel police station for further legal investigation.