Smuggler held with forest products
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 20 2015:
Based on a specific intelligence input regarding smuggling of banned forest products, troops of 24 Assam Rifles of 26 Sector AR under the aegis of Hqs IGAR (South) established a vehicle check post at Sita road junction and apprehended two persons along with banned forest products today.
The suspicious vehicle, a silver coloured Maruti van (ML 05F 7121) travelling from Imphal to Moreh was stopped for checking and a thorough search of the vehicle led to the recovery of around 337 kgs of orchid roots worth Rs 13,48,000 and two mobile phones.
The apprehendees have been identified as Thankholal (40) s/o Khailhul of Tengnoupal and Angam Ngamson (37) s/o Jilkhuthang of Tengnoupal.
They have been handed over to Forest Department, Imphal along with the seized items, said a press release issued by PRO Hqs IGAR (S) .