One held with Rs 3.5 cr brown sugar
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 28 2024:
The Anti-Smuggling Unit of Customs Division, Imphal on Tuesday arrested one Mohammad Sabir (23), son of Mohammad Shahejaman of Kwakta Ward No 8 from Koirengei Bazar along with 700 gm of brown sugar worth about Rs 3.5 crore.
As per a release by Customs Division, Imphal superintendent (anti-smuggling) Thilu Lanamai, the accused was apprehended around 12:30 pm by the Anti-Smuggling Unit when he was trying to board a Dimapur-bound (Nagaland) passenger bus bound from Koirengei Bazar.
The Unit recovered 60 soap cases containing brown sugar weighing 700 gm and estimated to worth approximately Rs 3.5 crore from the possession of Shahejaman, who has been subsequently booked under the NDPS Act, 1985 .