3 kg opium seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 30 2021:
A combined team of 9th IRB and Kangpokpi Police arrested an individual along with 3 kg of opium from Teijang Veng along the Imphal-Dimapur Highway yesterday.
Based on reliable information regarding trasnportation of contraband along the Highway, the team carried out frisking and checking drive during which one Maruti Swift without registration number coming toward Imphal from Kalapahar was stopped.
The combined team seized 3 plastic packets containing Opium weighing 3 kg from the vehicle, following which the driver was arrested from the spot.
The arrested individual was identified as Ramesh Basnet (34), s/o Amar Bahadur Basnet of Chandraman in Kalapahar.
He has been handed over to Kangpokpi Police along with the seized contraband for further legal actions.