Two held with drugs, truck set ablaze
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 13 2023:
Two persons found carrying 1 kg of brown sugar in a truck was rounded up by locals and meira paibi of Heirangoithong and handed over to the police along with setting the drugs and the truck on fire on Tuesday.
According to reports, the drugs were recovered around 11pm Tuesday at Heirangoithong under Singjamei police station when locals and meira paibi members of Heirangoithong were checking vehicles in Heirangoithong area after receiving information that a central security force would be transporting arms for Kuki militants.
The truck (BR05 GC51) spotted coining towards Heirangoithong from Maibam Leikai MU Road was stopped on checking found to contain 1 kg of brown sug ar.
The truck driver identified as Laishram Johnson (25) s/o L Sanatomba and an occupant named Khundrakpam Singhajit (32) s/o Kh Shyam have been handed over to Singjamei police station.
The truck along with the brown sugar was later set on fire by the locals.
According to the two, the truck belongs to one Mandal from Bihar and they were given Rs 10,000 by one Milan, a Manipuri Muslim from Khangabok Heiyel Labuk for handing over the consignment to a person in Jiribam.