AR foils smuggling bid in Chandel
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 26 2021:
Chandel Battalion of Assam Rifles foiled two smuggling attempts in Chandel district on Wednesday.
In a release PRO IGAR (S) informed that based on specific intelligence, the troops of Assam Rifles launched two separate operations in the border areas close to Machi and Moltuk.
The operations resulted in successfully foiling smuggling of contraband from across the border.
Eight smugglers, four vehicles and a large quantity of contraband items including betel nuts, cigarettes and timber worth Rs 58.87 lakh were seized, it said and adding that the apprehended persons along with seized contraband and vehicles were handed over to Forest and Police authorities for further legal action.