Assam police seized a truck traveling from Manipur with a large quantity of drugs while the driver was arrested near Bokolia along the National Highway 36 in Assam around 12.15 pm on Sunday.
According to sources, the Assam police approached a group of truck drivers from Manipur as the drivers were preparing their lunch. “The team of Assam police approached the drivers and started asking for information about the driver of the particular truck,” it added.
It mentioned that after the driver was identified, the police team started searching the truck. “The police team could not find any drugs at first but after contacting someone over their mobile phone, they searched a specific spot on the truck and found the drugs,” it mentioned.
It stated that the team found 149 separate packets of the items suspected to be WY tablets. Although the police team found the items wrapped in many layers, they did not open the items at the site of the incident, it added.
The truck had an Assam registration number but the owner is from Pangei, Imphal East, Manipur, the source mentioned. The police team seized the truck by instructing one of the Manipuri drivers to drive the truck to the police station, it added.
Meanwhile, poppy plantations found at Hengshi at Myanmar border were destroyed by teams of Molcham Police, Chandel reserved team, Chakpikarong team and Hengshi Village Authorities on Sunday, as per sources.
The plantations were found when the said teams went to Hengshi village for a survey of suspected poppy plantations, sources stated. Along with the plantation, some huts meant for poppy plantations used by poppy cultivators have also been destroyed, it added.
On his facebook page, Chief Minister N Biren Singh congratulated the Chandel SP and team for the successful operation conducted as a part of War on Drugs 2.0. "We will continue these operations across the state," he posted.
