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The widespread poppy plantations and the home-grown drug manufacturing units in Manipur did not develop overnight. There must certainly be patrons or powerful people behind the widespread poppy plantation just as there would be for the heavy traffic of drugs in recent times.
Eleven soap boxes containing heroin weighing 139.98 gms seized.
Anti-Smuggling Unit, Customs Division, Imphal on Monday seized 3 kg (in three packets) of brownish powder suspected to be of Brown Sugar worth around Rs 15 crore in the international market, from Kongba area in Imphal East.
All anti-drug forces and agencies need to come together to unearth the real players of the drug trade and poppy estates.
Keeping aside the matter of involvement of foreign mercenaries, we have looked deeper into the question of who is footing the bill for all the sophisticated arms and ammunition besides explosive material which is fuelling the conflict. There is talk about drug cartels taking care of the expenses in furthering the clashes. But one has to be sure.
The opening of the border trade and Free Movement Regime comes along with risks particularly drug smuggling and cross border activities of insurgents.
Instead of joining the chorus of ‘Kuki-Zo victimhood’ started by the drug cartel bosses and their supporters, Mizoram should also join the campaign against drug smuggling and its exponents.
The seized gold biscuits weighing 3.155 kg were estimated to be around around Rs 1.99 crore.
Fifteen gold biscuits were seized from a Maruti van coming from Imphal side towards Patsoi on Thursday at around 5 pm.
Foreign goods were seized from two suspected smugglers at Wangjing Tentha Lamkhai and handed over to a relief camp.
Imphal West district commandos seized arms, money and cough syrup from the possession of five persons from western side of Singjamei Bridge, Imphal West on Wednesday night.
A total of 22.38 tons of Betel Nuts (Supari) worth Rs 67.14 lakh were seized near Phungyar, Shangshak village in Ukhrul District on Sunday.
Miscreants pelted stones and empty beer bottles at the BSF troops after they foiled a smuggling attempt from along the international border in East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.
Twenty-six soap cases containing heroin weighing 278.03 gm were seized at Nongsning
Heroin weighing 3.99 kg smuggled through the Indo-Myanmar border from along NH-44 at Mawryngkneng, in the suburbs of the Meghalaya capital Shillong was seized late Thursday.
An IRB rifleman was among the three Kukis apprehended in Imphal West around 9.30 pm on Tuesday.
Special CDO Unit, Manipur police seized 160 grams of suspected contraband heroin powder on Friday.
Heroin powder weighing 48 grams were seized.
During an operation launched in Khudengthabi, Tengnoupal district, Manipur to prevent smuggling of contraband items, 5.190 kg of Pangolin shells were recovered, AR said.
IFP Editorial: If there are lapses in investigation and procedure, prosecution is bound to fail. This is exactly why most prosecution cases relating to drugs are running short of conviction when they are put on trial.
