Rs 30
lakh worth drugs seized
IMPHAL, November 10: A team of the Deputy
Commissioner, Customs Division, New Checkon has seized illegal drugs worth
around Rs 30 lakhs in the local market from a DI truck from in front of the new
Gauhati High Court Imphal Bench complex this morning around 9:30am.
The driver of the vehicle bearing regd no NL 014
5670 who is also the owner of the illegal drug consignment has also been
arrested. The owner has been identified as Md Islaur Rehman, 20 son of Md Abdul
Salam of Lilong Terel Ahanbi.
He has disclosed that the drug consignment was
supposed to be transported to Moreh, said a source.
The seized drugs include Spasmo Proxyvon tablet-
1512 strips (with printed rate of Rs 2,62,937), Actilab T tablets-5859 strips
(Rs 36680), Phensedyke (100ml)-1000 bottles (Rs 80000), Lupicof-1170 bottles
(Rs 87,750) and Actitite tablets-24800 strips (Rs 148800) with a total printed
value of Rs 616167 and a local market value of around Rs 30 lakhs.
According to a source, the consignment had started
from Dimapur in Nagaland and was supposed to reach Moreh.
An official who had taken part in the raid told IFP
that after receiving inputs about a DI truck proceeding towards Imphal from
Dimapur with illegal substances, the team had been lying in wait for sometime.
The official also said that the consignment was
found inside the DI truck and covered with sandals as decoy.
It is also learnt that the owner of the drug
consignment had tried to flee on seeing the team, however the team managed to
overpower them and arrest them.
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