Our Correspondent
Imphal, Jan. 22 (EMN): In a major achievement for Manipur police, enforcement personnel at Jiribam district headquarters, 220 km west of Imphal, seized 12,000 World Is Yours (WY) tablets (60 packets) from a vehicle coming from the capital.
The superintendent of Jiribam district police (SP) M Mubi said that the contraband was confiscated during routine checking of vehicles at Leingangpokpi along the Imphal-Jiribam sector of National Highway-37 on Jan. 20 Sat. The seized tablets are said to be worth around INR 36 lakh in the local market and INR 60 lakh in the international market, it was informed. The cache was recovered from a passenger jeep, a Cruiser (AS 11BC 9503), after a brief chase.
The Jiribam police have been conducting various drives in the district in connection with the Republic Day celebrations, SP Mubi said. Stringent enforcement activities are being conducted at various locations.
Also, the narcotic cell of Imphal East and Imphal East district police have informed about the arrest of a youth, one M Nawaj Sharif (18) of Lilong Usoipokpi, who was allegedly in possession of 594 WY tablets worth around INR 50,000, from Kiyamgei area on Jan. 21 Sun.
