Drugs Worth Over Rs 100 Crore Seized In Manipur, Assam; Nine Held

The legislation enforcement businesses have seized medicine valued at over Rs 100 crore in Manipur and Assam and arrested 9 drug peddlers all the way through the previous 48 hours, officers stated on Tuesday. 

A senior respectable of the Manipur Home Department stated {that a} particular operation codenamed “Operation White Veil” used to be performed within the bordering spaces of Churachandpur district of Manipur by way of a joint staff of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Customs, Assam Rifles, and the Manipur Police. 

“The joint staff seized 7,755.75 grams of heroin valued at Rs 54.29 crore and 6,736 grams of opium valued at Rs 87.57 lakh within the global gray drug marketplace, together with Rs 35.63 lakh money. 

Two walkie-talkies and one car had been seized, and 5 individuals arrested beneath the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the respectable stated. 

He stated that the medication, which have been recovered from a space at Thadou Veng in Singngat Sub-Division in Churachandpur district, had been contained in lots of cleaning soap instances and small tin cans. 

Preliminary investigation signifies that the seized contraband medicine had been smuggled into the bordering spaces of Churachandpur from Myanmar throughout the porous forested India-Myanmar border. In spite of the demanding situations and difficulties, a well-coordinated motion by way of the legislation enforcement businesses ended in the a success operation. The NDPS Act prescribes stringent punishment to offenders, which would possibly entail rigorous imprisonment as much as ten years. 

Earlier on a number of events, massive amounts of substances had been seized from Churachandpur, which stocks a border with Mizoram and Myanmar. 

In Assam, medicine valued at Rs 45 crore had been seized from Cachar district, and 4 drug peddlers had been arrested. 

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma liked the police for the restoration of the medication. In a publish on social media platform X, he stated: “In two successful anti-narcotics operations, Cachar district police seized 1.5 lakh Yaba tablets worth Rs 45 crore in two back-to-back operations based on credible intelligence.” 

“Four people were arrested in this regard. Assam Police stands firm in protecting our youth,” the Chief Minister stated. 

This newest seizure provides to a chain of a success operations led by way of Assam Police as a part of the state’s competitive anti-narcotics pressure. Officials stated that, as same old, the seized medicine in Manipur and Assam had been smuggled from Myanmar, which stocks a 1,643 km unfenced border with 4 northeastern states of Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland. This unfenced global border serves as a key transit level for medicine, specifically heroin and methamphetamine drugs, getting into India.