It is highly suspected that the accused person and house owner is a member of an international drug cartel
Imphal: On May 08 at about 1.30 pm an information was received that some illegal items were concealed at Mantripukhri area, in Imphal East District.
Accordingly, after following due formalities a combined team of NAB-PS and Heingang-PS rushed to the spot along with Executive Magistrate and independent witnesses.
In that one suspected house was identified and conducted raid and found 77 (seventy-seven) numbers of gunny bags containing suspected poppy seeds and a packet containing 520 grams of synthetic caffeine and one transparent plastic packet containing 175 gram of Pseudoephidrine.
On checking further, one RC book in the name of one Paojangam Khongsai s/o Songkholet Khongsai of Mantripukhri AT Line, one 100 kyat note and one 20 kyat note were also recovered from the house.
It is highly suspected that the accused person and house owner is a member of an international drug cartel. A case is registered at NAB PS for further investigation.