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A team of Imphal East district police arrested a woman vendor with explosive items in Senapati Bazar in continuation of a raid in a drug haul case at Checkon in Imphal East.
A drug smuggler arrested in Imphal West hailed from Rajasthan, police said, adding that a total of 138 packets containing opium were seized from his possession.
After listening to statements made by a few police officials involved in drugs seizures, a doubt has crept into one’s mind whether the seized items are really brown sugar, the author writes..
Based on a tip-off regarding the movement of illegal items from Tollen Village to Mollen Village, a joint team of commando Thoubal Police and 16 AR conducted the inspection drive at Salam Patong.
Kakching district commando team arrested a couple and seized opium from their possession while conducting frisking and checking at Sugnu bridge.
People need to become aware of the severe impacts of poppy plantation, as it not only destroys the future of youths but also gives a huge impact in ecological balance, state BJP vice president Ch Chidananda Singh said.
Based on specific input, a joint team of Assam Rifles and Manipur Police launched an operation and recovered 1 Kg of opium from two drug peddlers at Saiton Bazaar, Bishnupur district, IGAR (South) stated.
Thangkhanhau Zou of P Kamdou Veng, Churachandpur district was arrested with three kilograms of opium on October 31, 2015 from Okshongbung Lairenjam Leirak Machin under Moirang, Bishnupur district by NAB Police Station, Imphal.
The NDPS special judge court has directed the superintendent, Manipur Central Jail, Imphal to produce the two women convicted for possession of opium on May 5, 2022 for sentence hearing.
One man from P Kamdou Veng, Churachandpur district was arrested with three kilograms of opium on October 31, 2015 from Okshongbung Lairenjam Leirak Machin near Citizen Club under Moirang, Bishnupur district by NAB Police Station, Imphal.
The police team seized six soap cases containing suspected brown sugar weighing around 237.63 grams among other items.
The arrested person, along with the seized item, has been handed over to Porompat police station for further necessary legal action.
IFP Editorial: The poor villagers who toil in the poppy fields, it is just another day’s work. For them, it does not matter whether it is poppy or any other crop as long as they get the wages howsoever meagre it may be.
War on Drugs: Thoubal district police arrested three persons and seized brown sugar worth around Rs 2.58 crore in the international market, SP Thoubal Jogeshchandra Haobijam said on Saturday.
The NAB team conducted frisking and checking of illicit trafficking of drugs at Mantripukhri area in IMphal West on Friday..
NAB team said seizure of opium was made at around 4.30 pm in Imphal East as a part of the drive against trafficking of illicit drugs and other contraband items in connection with the state assembly elections.
The illegal opium was seized from a residence at New Boljang Village in Churachandpur after receiving a tip-off.
IFP Editorial: Where had they acquired the know-how or expertise of refining opium into either brown sugar or pure grade heroin?
IFP Editorial: The shift of poppy cultivation in areas of Manipur could have been a direct fallout of the diminishing trend in the Golden Triangle and Myanmar. Yet, if all of the hills are under poppy cultivation, it would only be a tiny fraction of the global drug production.
A police team on Wednesday busted a drug manufacturing unit at Yairipok in Thoubal district and seized huge quantity of suspected brown sugar and opium worth Rs 90 crore in the international market.
