Police recover heroin, nab smuggler
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 22 2021:
Acting on reliable information regarding one Chiching w/o Joylian of Khominthang near Power House, New Lamka keeping some narcotic drugs for transportation to Shillong, two teams of CCPur police station led by OC inspector N Thangzamuan and SI Seikhotinlal including women police personnel rushed to the area and identified the house the smuggler around 7 pm on Tuesday.
After identifying the house, search was conducted in which 12 soap cases containing suspected Heroin were recovered from the bedroom of the said house, said a police report, adding that the seized substance weighed 168 grams, including the weight of the plastic cover.
Chiching, whose real identity was established as Vungthanching (26) w/o Lamjoylian of Khominthang village near Power House, New Lamka was arrested at 7:40 pm and the suspected Heroin seized at 8 pm by observing all formalities.
A case under FIR No 69 (6)2021 CCP-PS u/s 21(b) ND & PS Act has been registered and further investigation underway, the report said.