IMPHAL, Oct 18:105 gms of heroin (No 4) smuggled from Moreh in a detergent powder packets have been seized by a combined team of Imphal West District Police Special Intelligence Unit and Narcotic Cell this afternoon.

Heroin seized

On receiving specific inputs about smuggling in heroin from Moreh in a passenger-carrier Maruti van, the combined team halted the van in front of Imphal police station and seized the banned substance from a woman.
Among many detergent powders of the brand names E-Lan and Top carried in the van, one packet of E-Lan detergent was found packed in a suspicious manner, said a senior police officer.
The packet was opened and weighed in front of SDPO Modhunimai and its weight was found to be 105 gms. On examining the substance using testing kits, it was found to be heroin. The other packets were found to be genuine detergents.
The woman who has been apprehended along with the banned substance has been identified as Abem (33) d/o Md Sahidur.
The banned substance was bought at Rs 1100 per gram and it was usually sold at Rs 2000 per gram at Imphal. The price is three times higher in international markets.
Based on these market prices, the seized heroin was worth Rs 1,15,000 at the place of origin, Rs 2,10,000 at Imphal and Rs 6,30,000 in international markets, said the official.
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