Assam Rifles nabs drug smuggler
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 19 2021:
Churachandpur Battalion Assam Rifles of IGAR (East) apprehended a drug smuggler near the Indo-Myanmar border in Sangaikot sub-division of Churachandpur district on Friday.
In a release, PRO IGAR(S) informed that with an aim to rein in the rampant trans-border smuggling, Churachandpur Battalion troops launched a surveillance operation near In- do-Myanmar Border and successfully apprehended a drug smuggler along with 1.5 kg of high value psychotropic drug Heroin worth Rs 6 crore.
The smuggler identified as Lang Hau Suan of V Munhoi village in Churachandpur district has been handed over to Churachandpur Police Station along with recovered drugs for further investigation, it added.