Rs 30 lakh worth drugs seized

IMPHAL, November 10: A team of the Deputy Commissioner, Customs Division, New Checkon has seized illegal drugs worth around Rs 30 lakhs in the local market from a DI truck from in front of the new Gauhati High Court Imphal Bench complex this morning around 9:30am.

The driver of the vehicle bearing regd no NL 014 5670 who is also the owner of the illegal drug consignment has also been arrested. The owner has been identified as Md Islaur Rehman, 20 son of Md Abdul Salam of Lilong Terel Ahanbi.

He has disclosed that the drug consignment was supposed to be transported to Moreh, said a source.

The seized drugs include Spasmo Proxyvon tablet- 1512 strips (with printed rate of Rs 2,62,937), Actilab T tablets-5859 strips (Rs 36680), Phensedyke (100ml)-1000 bottles (Rs 80000), Lupicof-1170 bottles (Rs 87,750) and Actitite tablets-24800 strips (Rs 148800) with a total printed value of Rs 616167 and a local market value of around Rs 30 lakhs.

According to a source, the consignment had started from Dimapur in Nagaland and was supposed to reach Moreh.

An official who had taken part in the raid told IFP that after receiving inputs about a DI truck proceeding towards Imphal from Dimapur with illegal substances, the team had been lying in wait for sometime.

The official also said that the consignment was found inside the DI truck and covered with sandals as decoy.

It is also learnt that the owner of the drug consignment had tried to flee on seeing the team, however the team managed to overpower them and arrest them.

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