Guwahati/Imphal, Sep 30
Drugs valued at Rs 11 crore were seized by the security forces, and four people were arrested in Assam and Manipur, officials said on Tuesday.
From their possession, 11 soap cases containing heroin weighing approximately 161 grams, worth Rs 1.83 crore, two mobile phones and two Aadhaar cards were recovered. In the third incident, security forces arrested two passengers from Imphal Airport after detecting contraband ganja (cannabis) weighing approximately 21.420 kgs inside their luggage bags.
The estimated value of the ganja is over Rs 20 lakh. The two passengers were identified as Laishram Vikash Singh (20) and Ngangbam Nelson Meitei (19), both residents of Imphal West district.