Medication Price Over Rs 100 Crore Seized In Manipur, Assam; 9 Held | India Information

The legislation enforcement businesses have seized medication valued at over Rs 100 crore in Manipur and Assam and arrested 9 drug peddlers in the course of the previous 48 hours, officers mentioned on Tuesday. 

A senior official of the Manipur House Division mentioned {that a} particular operation codenamed “Operation White Veil” was carried out within the bordering areas of Churachandpur district of Manipur by a joint workforce of the Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI), Customs, Assam Rifles, and the Manipur Police. 

“The joint workforce seized 7,755.75 grams of heroin valued at Rs 54.29 crore and 6,736 grams of opium valued at Rs 87.57 lakh within the worldwide gray drug market, together with Rs 35.63 lakh money. 

Two walkie-talkies and one car have been seized, and 5 individuals arrested underneath the Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the official mentioned. 

He mentioned that the medication, which have been recovered from a home at Thadou Veng in Singngat Sub-Division in Churachandpur district, have been contained in lots of cleaning soap instances and small tin cans. 

Preliminary investigation signifies that the seized contraband medication have been smuggled into the bordering areas of Churachandpur from Myanmar via the porous forested India-Myanmar border. Regardless of the challenges and difficulties, a well-coordinated motion by the legislation enforcement businesses led to the profitable operation. The NDPS Act prescribes stringent punishment to offenders, which can entail rigorous imprisonment as much as ten years. 

Earlier on a number of events, massive portions of medicine have been seized from Churachandpur, which shares a border with Mizoram and Myanmar. 

In Assam, medication valued at Rs 45 crore have been seized from Cachar district, and 4 drug peddlers have been arrested. 

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma appreciated the police for the restoration of the medication. In a publish on social media platform X, he mentioned: “In two profitable anti-narcotics operations, Cachar district police seized 1.5 lakh Yaba tablets value Rs 45 crore in two back-to-back operations based mostly on credible intelligence.” 

“4 individuals have been arrested on this regard. Assam Police stands agency in defending our youth,” the Chief Minister mentioned. 

This newest seizure provides to a collection of profitable operations led by Assam Police as a part of the state’s aggressive anti-narcotics drive. Officers mentioned that, as typical, the seized medication in Manipur and Assam have been smuggled from Myanmar, which shares a 1,643 km unfenced border with 4 northeastern states of Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland. This unfenced worldwide border serves as a key transit level for medication, notably heroin and methamphetamine tablets, getting into India.