Manipur: Burmese national held with 1 kg heroine by NAB officials, three others arrested
Guwahati, May 27 (IBNS): A team of Narcotics Affairs and Borders (NAB) officials have arrested four persons, including an IRB Rifleman and a Burmese national, on the grounds of drugs trafficking.
Around 1 kilogram of heroine was recovered from the nabbed persons.
The incident took place in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district.
According to the reports, based on intelligence input, the NAB team had launched the operation with the help of Manipur police at Nungourok village near Pallel in Tengnoupal district and intercepted an Alto car.
The NAB personnel had recovered 1 kg heroine from the vehicle and arrested four persons who were carrying the drugs from the neighbouring Myanmar.
The Burmese national has been identified as 50-year-old Aung Pyi.
The NAB team also arrested an IRB Rifleman, who has been identified as Mopung Khulpuwa.
The others have been identified as Theophilus Kabai (40 yrs) and Hirom Inao Meitei (48 yrs), Lab Assistant Horticulture and Soil Conservation Department, Government of Manipur.
The team has seized the vehicle, four mobile phones and one Kenbo bike.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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