Over 2 Kgs of brown sugar seized

By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, May 25 : A combined team of special commando Khabeisoi, Chakpikarong police station  and a column of 43 Assam Rifles yesterday evening arrested five persons including a juvenile along with 186 soap cases containing 2.273 Kg of brown sugar from a inter-village road of Chakpikarong and Gobok
Based on specific information about illegal transportation of banned drug items along the inter-village road of Chakpikarong and Gobok, the combined team carried out intensified frisking and checking along the inter-village road and arrested five persons who were coming in a Shaktiman truck, sources informed.
The arrested persons have been identified as Seitinthang Haokip (22) s/o (L) Thangkhongam Haokip of Molcham village, Ngamminlun Guite (25) s/o Tongminthang Guite of Yangoubung village, Seiminlun Guite (24) s/o Themsei Guite of Yangoubung village and Doukhosei Mate (35) s/o Holkhothang Mate of Changpol village, Chandel.
The other is a juvenile.
The combined team recovered and seized 186 soap cases which contained brown sugar and weighed 2 Kg and 273 grams (approximately).
Four mobile phones were also seized from their possession, said the sources.  
A case has been registered at Chakpikarong police station for taking up necessary legal action against them under ND&PS Act.  
On the other hand, a team of Kakching district police recovered 293 gms of heroin (No 4) from a Santro car at Wapokpi Chingol Leikai yesterday evening.
Acting on a specific tip-off, a police team was patrolling Sugnu-Wapokpi area when they saw a car speeding away in a suspicious manner.
The police team chased the car and after 30 minutes of hot pursuit, the car was seen pulling up in front of an unknown house at Wapokpi. The house was immediately searched. On checking a Santro car parked inside the premises of the house, 293 gms of Heroin were found concealed under the foot pads of the car. Further, one Wangkhem Sarkar Meitei (47) s/o late Th Maimu, owner of the house was arrested. Wangkhem Sarkar was  handed over to Sugnu police station along with the seized item.