Churachandpur, April 26: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in a joint operation with Assam Rifles and Manipur Police, seized a large consignment of heroin worth around ₹11 crore in Churachandpur district of Manipur.
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| NCB, Assam Rifles and Manipur Police display 474 soap cases of heroin worth ₹11 crore seized in Churachandpur; three drug traffickers arrested in the operation. (Image: x.com/narcoticsbureau) |
The operation was carried out on the intervening night of April 23 and 24, during which officials recovered 474 soap cases of heroin weighing about 5.4 kilograms from a Mahindra Camper Bolero.
According to officials, the contraband was concealed inside a specially fabricated cavity in the vehicle. Three suspected drug traffickers, all residents of Churachandpur district, were arrested in connection with the case.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the drugs were allegedly sourced from Myanmar before being transported into Manipur.
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The NCB stated that further investigation is underway to identify both backward and forward linkages in order to dismantle the larger cross-border drug trafficking network operating in the region.
Authorities have intensified anti-narcotics operations in Manipur due to its vulnerability to cross-border drug smuggling. The NCB has also urged citizens to report narcotics-related information through the MANAS Helpline (1933), assuring that informers’ identities will remain strictly confidential.
