Assam Rifles foils narcotics smuggling

Imphal: Based on input provided by Keithelmanbi Battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of IGAR (South), Thoubal Police launched an operation and foiled brown sugar smuggling apprehending two drug peddlers in Thoubal district on Sunday.

In the search operation 11 soap cases of Brown Sugar weighing in total 335 gm were seized from two drug peddlers travelling from Moreh to Lilong, Thoubal district. The seized narcotic were assessed to be worth Rs 45 lakh approximately, the Assam Rifles said on Monday.

The recovered items along with the two drug peddlers were handed over to Lilong Police station for further investigation, it added.