India News | Drugs Worth Rs 2 Crore Seized in Manipur, One Arrested
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A huge consignment of drugs, including brown sugar and yaba tablets, worth Rs 2 crore was seized in the India-Myanmar border town of Moreh in Manipur on Friday and one person was arrested in this connection, police said.
Imphal, Jul 3 (PTI) A huge consignment of drugs, including brown sugar and yaba tablets, worth Rs 2 crore was seized in the India-Myanmar border town of Moreh in Manipur on Friday and one person was arrested in this connection, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, police personnel intercepted a car and seized 75 packets of brown sugar weighing 958 gm and 5,000 yaba tablets from the vehicle in the Kondong Lairembi area in Moreh, Tengnoupal district Superintendent of Police T Vikramjit Singh said.
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Seeing the police personnel, the two occupants of the car tried to flee abandoning the vehicle. While one person was nabbed, the other managed to escape, he said.
A manhunt has been launched to nab the other person and a case registered at the Moreh police station, the officer added.
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