Heroin seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 28 2022:
A team of Kakching commandos arrested two drug peddlers along with 50 soap cases containing 661 gram of heroin from Laimanai Ching today.
While addressing the media at his office, Kakching SP Shrey Vats said that the Kakching police received specific inputs about the transportation of banned drug items along the Imphal-Moreh road.
Saying that the commando team led by Inspector Md Abash Khan carried out a frisking and checking drive at Laimanai Chingjin commando outpost based on the informations, the SP maintained that one unregistered Maruti Gypsy coming from Pallel side was detained for verification at around 1 pm.
The SP informed that 50 soap cases containing 616 gram of heroin were found concealed in a modified chamber below the chassis of the vehicle.
The driver and the occupant of the vehicle have been identified as Lunkhojang Touthang (40), s/o Jamkhoson Touthang of TV Gamnomphai Village, Tengnoupal currently staying at T Monglen Village, Chandel and Thangjamang Touthang (34), s/o Jamkholen Touthang of Moltuk Village, Chandel.
Both of them were arrested by observing formalities, he added.
The arrested persons along with the seized drugs have been handed over to Kakching police station.