WY tablets worth Rs 30 lac seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Jiribam, December 31 2019:
Jiribam District Police have seized WY tablets worth about Rs 30 lakh from one empty Tata oil tanker proceeding to-wards Silchar from Imphal via Jiribam, yesterday.
According to a press release issued by the SP Jiribam, a team of Jiribam District Police received an input from a reliable source that an empty Tata oil tanker was ferrying a consignment of contraband drugs.
While checking the oil tanker which was parked near Highway English School, Jiribam, the driver acted suspiciously and as such the driver, as well as the vehicle, were brought to Jiribam police station.
On thoroughly checking of the vehicle in the presence of Addl SP (Ops) Jiribam, AK Sadananda Singh, 60,000 WY tablets wrapped with brown cello were found concealed inside the inner wooden toolbox of the driver's cabin.
The approximate value of the seized tablets would be Rs 30 lakh in the local market, said police.
A case has been registered at Jiribam Police station.