Drugs worth Rs 1 .34 crore seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 23 2017:
Troops of 12 Assam Rifles seized 20 packets of brown sugar worth around 1.34 crore in the international market yesterday .
A press release issued today PRO, IGAR (South) stated that based on specific information regarding the movement of certain contraband items on a jungle route located between Chikkim village and Khudengthabi village, personnel of 12 Assam Rifles laid an ambush on the said route yesterday .
At around 7 pm, a suspicious individual carrying a backpack was noticed by the troops and on seeing the security forces, the individual threw the bag and fled by slipping down from the spur towards a stream .
On checking the bag, the AR personnel found 20 packets of brown sugar weighing around 335 grams each and worth around Rs 1.34 crore in the international market in total, it added.