Kangpokpi police seize heroin, opium
Source: The Sangai Express
Kangpokpi, May 30 2019:
Kangpokpi police seized heroin and opium this afternoon along National Highway-2 while frisking and checking vehicles near S Golai in between Kangpokpi DHQs and S Changoubung at around 1.30 pm.
According to police source, a police team led by ASI Th Hitler Singh under the supervision of SP Kangpokpi was carrying out frisking and checking of vehicles at Alex Farm near S Golai.
When checking one passenger winger bearing Regd No MN01S-6385 heading toward Dimapur from Imphal, they came across packets of suspected heroin and opium concealed inside one brown colour sock and wrapped in a newspaper inside a black bag.
The seized items include 49 nos of heroin powder packed tightly in sealed plastic tubes and 2 nos of opium in Khaini packets, said police.
Police have arrested two persons - Phusam Zakirhussain (54), s/o Abdul Gani of Phoubakchao Awang Leikai, Imphal West and Amuddin Ahmed, s/o Gaffarudin Ahmed of Athabari Bangaigaon Part-I under Golaghat Police Station, Assam.
The two have confessed that they obtained the items from Lilong for transporting to West Bengal, said police.