IMPHAL, Jun 7:
Troops of 9 Assam Rifles of 26 Sector seized a large consignment of
Pseudoephedrine Hydrochlo-ride- based medicines (174 kgs) being
smuggled into Myanmar via Moreh and apprehended two drug peddlers at
about 11.30 am on June 6, , informed a PRO IGAR (S) release.
The apprehendees have been identified as Samuel (36) s/o Thanghulh
and Thangkhosei (43) s/o (L) Thongkhojam, both from Dalpati, Moreh Ward
No. 2.
In another incident at about 12.30 pm of June 6, troops of 24 Assam
Rifles of 26 Sector seized 300 kgs of contraband Pseudoephedrine
Hydrochloride medicines, being illegally ferried from Imphal towards
Moreh and beyond, at Lokchao.
Total worth of seized banned/illegal tablets is estimated to be over Rs 2 crores.
The PRO release identified two persons, from whom the drug
consignment was seized as S Lhunkhohou Haokip (22) s/o S Tong-khothang
Haokip of Teng- noupal and S Tilkhothang Mate (18) s/o S Tongkhosei
Mate of Tengnoupal.
The apprehendees alongwith the contraband drugs were handed over to
office of the Narcotics Control Bureau, Imphal (Manipur) by Assam
Rifles, it added.
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