Four remanded to judicial custody
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 17 2026:
Special Court ND & PS has remanded four accused of illegally marketing codeine-based cough syrup to judicial custody till October 30 .
The accused, Nongthombam Jamesjit alias Thoi (47), John Longjam alias Mani (41), Longjam Rajesh alias Wanglen (41) and Ningthoujam Henching (29) were produced before the Court yesterday.
Notably, police had arrested John Longjam, Longjam Rajesh and Ningthoujam Henching on October 4 with 318 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup.
Police arrested alleged kingpin Nongthombam Jamesjit alias Thoi on October 5 from Ahmedabad and brought him to Imphal on October 8 .
Nongthombam Jamesjit hails from Naoremthong and was staying at Ahmedabad.
Investigation revealed Longjam Rajesh had contacted Nongthongbam Jamesjit for procurement of codeine-based cough syrup and was delivered through Ningthoujam Henching at a cost of Rs 43,200 for one box containing 158 bottles of cough syrup.




