Jail for cop drug smugglers
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 27 2023:
The five personnel of Manipur police commandos who were arrested along with a huge quantity of drugs from Kuraopokpi along Imphal-Moreh road on January 16 last have been remanded to judicial custody till February 10 by the Thoubal ND&PS Court.
Accused Havildar Kh Achouba Singh of Manipur Police Training Centre (MPTC); Rifleman Th Subhash Chothe of 7th MR; Constable Y Dineshwar Meitei of Imphal West District; Rifleman M Premchandra Singh of 6th MR and Rifleman N Dorendrajit Singh of 6th MR, all attached to the Commando Unit, Kakching were produced before the Court on completion of their police custody remand period by Kakching police.
The IO of the case through PP submitted that 1.336 kg of heroin, 9.151 kilograms of WY tablets and Rs 80 thousand were seized from the vehicle (Maruti Gypsy) in which they were coming from Moreh side on January 16 last.
Reportedly, the accused have accepted the charges levelled against them.
The Court after hearing the submission of the PP and on perusal of the case record remanded all five accused to judicial custody.