Tobacco product seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 01 2017:
A team of City police raided a godown at Thangal Bazar and seized large quantities of tobacco products worth more than Rs 50 thousand and arrested two individuals today .
Accosrind to police source, a team of city police under the supervision of Senior SP, Imphal West, Themthing Ngasangva under the command of Additional SP (Law and order) L Priyadarshni and led by OC, City police, Sudhir, acting on a tip off from volunteers of Manipur Friendship Organisation about hoarding and storage of large quantity of tobacco products, raided a godown located at Prajatantra Gali, Thangal Bazar at around 3.45 pm and seized tobacco products worth around Rs 50 thousand .
The police team also arrested two individuals during the raid, identified as Anil Kumar Gupta (25) s/o Kapil Mani Sahu of Ala district, Bihar, at present staying at RIMS road and Ganesh Sahu (28) s/o Hiralal Sahu of Buxar district, Bihar, at present staying at Telipati, Minuthong .
The arrested individuals along with the seized products were handed over to the Food Safety Authority after necessary formalities by the police team.