Manipur: Police seized drugs worth over Rs 22 crore in state

IMPHAL: Manipur Police have seized a huge quantity of highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 22 crore and arrested a truck driver, officials said on Saturday.

A senior official said that the Manipur Police intercepted a truck at New Keithelmanbi Police picket in Imphal West District on Friday night and found huge amounts of drugs concealed inside the roof of the vehicle.

The contraband items were found to be methamphetamine tablets, also known as ‘Yaba’ or ‘party tablets’, upon sample testing. Accordingly, the driver of the truck, identified as Nawaj Sharif (34), a resident of Thoubal District, was arrested, and 57.285 kg of methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 22 crore were seized, the official said. (IANS)

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