38 cases registered for smuggling unlawful items between Jan and Jun
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR

Imphal, September 01 2016: In a concerted effort to check smuggling of unlawful items and drug trafficking, 38 cases were registered from January 2016 to June 2016 by Narcotics and Affairs Bureau (NAB) .

In connection with these cases, NAB (Narcotics and Affairs of Border)/district police seized items like heroin � 1.364 kgs, Ganja- 48 packets and 118.5 kgs, opium- 26.610 kgs, Nitrosun (N-10) � 8 strips and 466 tablets, amphetamine � 140 tablets, cough syrup � 18 cartons and 533 bottles, SP tablets � 298 strips and 15,333 capsules, brown sugar � 96.6 gms, Pseudo-Ephe � 20,000 Actifin tablets, WY � 2,575 tablets, Halontrec � 20 tablets and drug-18 capsules.

Further, during the same period, 455 acres of illegal opium/ ganja plantation (18 acres of ganja plantation and 437 acres of poppy plantation) were destroyed by combined team of NAB, district police and security forces at various places of Chandel, Ukhrul, Churachandpur and Senapati district.

Having felt the urgency for appropriate action to curb the growing inflow of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the State, Narcotic Special Cell was opened in Police Department in January, 1985 .

Further, the temporary post of the Special Officer (intelligence) was re- designated as Superintendent of Police (Border Affairs) Manipur in the year 1985. The office of the Superintendent of Police, Border Affairs started functioning as a police station with the territorial jurisdiction extending over the whole of Manipur for the purpose of dealing with offences punishable under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 .

Further, the Government of Manipur in 1992 accorded approval for utilizing the services of the Superintendent of Police, Border Affairs for the works related to narcotics drugs, arms smuggling and infiltration of foreigners.

The post of Superintendent of Police (Border Affairs) was re-designated as Superintendent of Police (Narcotics and Affairs of Border) with the approval of the Government of India.

Since then, the Superintendent of Police, Narcotics and Affairs of Border has been continuing to function practically as the Nodal Officer in respect of the Department of Police, Manipur to co-ordinate with the Narcotic Control Bureau, New Delhi and its regional unit at Imphal.

It may be mentioned that the border State of Manipur is situated close to the so-called Golden triangle (Myanmar, Laos & Thailand).

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