Drug unit busted

    30-Oct-2020
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IMPHAL, Oct 29: Thoubal district police busted one brown sugar manufacturing laboratory at Thoubal Moijing Awang Leikai and seized around 435.945 kilograms of suspected brown sugar, 438 litres of morphinated liquid along with many other items, said police.
Acting on a reliable information that some contraband drug items are being manufactured at the residence of one Md Kayamuddin @ Amuthi (34)  at Thoubal Moijing Awang Leikai, a combined team of the district police, CDO units and women police rushed to the spot.
However, Kayamuddin @ Amuthi, his wife Athotpi and their associates managed to escape under the cover of darkness. The team then conducted a thorough search of the house and its surroundings and found the 435.945 kilograms of suspected brown sugar, 438 litres of morphinated liquid and other items and vehicles used in manufacturing drugs.
The seized items have been handed over to Thoubal Police Station for further investigation and necessary legal action. The combined team was led by Addl SP (L&O) Lakshay Sharma, Addl SP (Ops) Sachidananda Soibam, OC-CDO Unit N Tikendra Meetei and team of OC Women PS Okram Chaoba Devi, said police.