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Summary On July 25, 2025, a Special Court under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Imphal sentenced 43-year-old Lunkhongam Haokip of Langkhong village, Kangpokpi district, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh for trafficking narcotics under Section 21(c) of the NDPS Act, 1985. The court,…
Summary On the night of July 23, 2025, police in Thoubal district, Manipur, intercepted an abandoned blue Yamaha Fascino scooter during a routine checkpoint on National Highway-102, near Lilong Police Station. The rider fled on foot into the darkness, leaving behind approximately 2 kg of brown sugar—a form of high‐purity heroin—whose international black market value…
Summary of the News ArticleManipur Police, acting on verified intelligence, intercepted a white Maruti A‑Star on July 19 in Singjamei Chinga Makhong, Imphal West. They found 10 soap-case packets carefully concealed within the car, containing approximately 105.4 grams of heroin. The sole occupant, Md. Azad Yumkhaibam (32) from Thoubal district, was arrested, and charges under…
Summary On July 20, 2025, Manipur’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), with support from Assam Rifles and local police, seized heroin and methamphetamine worth an estimated ₹76 crore in Jiribam district. This massive drug bust is part of an intensified crackdown on cross-border narcotics trafficking via the porous India–Myanmar frontier 1. Introduction – A Wake‑Up…
Summary of the News Article On July 18, 2025, Manipur Police arrested a 22-year-old drug trafficker, Md Farish Khan of Thoubal district, and seized approximately 1 kg of heroin worth around ₹6 crore during a checkpoint operation on Sekmai-Khurkhul inter-village road, Imphal West. The arrest followed intelligence about smuggling routes originating from the Myanmar border via…
Summary of the News Article Manipur Police’s Anti‑Drug Smuggling Unit, alongside central paramilitary forces, intercepted a vehicle traveling from Imphal East to Senapati district on July 16, 2025. Acting on intelligence, they seized nearly 30,000 WY tablets (29,974 in total), valued at approximately ₹24 lakh. A 26‑year‑old suspect, Makakmayum Firdos Sharif, was arrested. In a parallel effort…
Short Summary Manipur Police, with support from the 16 Assam Rifles and under the supervision of an Executive Magistrate from Senapati district, intercepted a bus near the Manipur–Nagaland border late on July 7, 2025. Two men—19-year-old Azmir Shariff and Illias Ali Shah (alias Batu), both from Thoubal district—were apprehended carrying a red suitcase containing 21.8 kg…
Summary of the News ArticleIn a recent crackdown in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, police arrested two individuals with suspected heroin during a routine road accident check in the Kanglatongbi area—one of them a woman riding pillion on a Royal Enfield motorcycle. About 22 grams of suspected heroin was allegedly recovered inside soap-caps wrapped in plastic, following…
Short Summary of the News Article A 20-year-old from Songkong Kuki-Zo village near the Indo-Myanmar border was arrested on June 16, 2025, in Churachandpur by Assam Rifles, district police, and the anti-drug cell. He had 6.5 kg of suspected opium hidden in a motorbike’s secret compartments, valued around ₹70,000 in local black markets. The operation was based…
Summary of the News Article On June 13, 2025, a joint operation conducted by the Manipur Police Special Cell and Assam Rifles at the Mao check-post on the Manipur–Nagaland border led to the arrest of Anshu Raj, a 27-year-old from Bihar. Officers seized two packages of heroin, weighing approximately 2.041 kg, with an estimated international market…