A team of Kakching commando seized 4 kg of opium from a two-wheeler motorbike coming from Pallel but lost the miscreants in a chase around 1.10 am on Sunday, sources said.
Police stated that a team of Kakching commando led by Kakching commando unit head constable L Rohit were posted as a Quick Response Team (QRT) at the check post at Laimangai Chingjin when the two-wheeler vehicle with two riders, a driver and a pillion rider, was approaching from Pallel.
The team attempted to stop the vehicle but the vehicle sped up and evaded the team, it informed. The police team chased the vehicle but lost them near the Tribal market of Nungurok Village owing to the narrow and deteriorated roads, it continued.
During the chase, the miscreants threw out a bag which, upon inspection by the Pallel police team, was found to contain suspected opium, it stated. The suspected opium weighed 4.784 kg and was packed in seven separate packages, it mentioned. The seized items were handed over to Kakching police station, it added.
