Imphal, Dec 7 (Agency ) Assam Rifles and Manipur Police nabbed drugs worth about Rs 500 cr from Moreh on December 6. Assam Riles official on Tuesday said Moreh Battalion and Manipur Police based on hard and accurate intelligence launched a joint operation in the border town of Moreh and unearthed a large quantity of narcotics estimated to be worth over Rs 500 Crores. One trafficker of Myanmar origin was apprehended by the team. The narcotics seized comprised of approximately 54 kg of Brown Sugar and 154 kg of Methamphetamine (Ice Meth).
Chief Minister, N Biren Singh said in a social network platform, “Marvellous achievement by Tengnoupal Police and 43 Assam Rifles on seizing huge quantity of illegal narcotics substances worth Rs 500 Crore from a specific warehouse in Moreh.” He said on receiving inputs from reliable sources, the combined team of Tengnoupal Police and 43 AR had arrested one Myanmar national with 220 soap cases of suspected heroin and upon his revelation, a warehouse was raided and seized 3716 soap cases of suspected heroin and 152 packets of suspected crystal meth (methamphetamine) drugs. This is one of the biggest seizure of drugs under the ‘War on Drugs’ initiative of the state government, he added.