Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 30 2010:
In a successful operation resulting in one of the biggest ganja recoveries in the recent times, troops of 5 AR under the aegis of Red Shield Division recovered approximately 3,500 kgs of grade-I ganja from a TATA vehicle on the Manipur - Nagaland boundary near Mao Gate in Senapati district.
A TATA vehicle and a white Maruti gypsy involved in the ganja peddling have also been recovered in the operation.
Troops of 5 Assam Rifles acting on specific information launched a well planned search operation, intercepted the said vehicle inside the state boundary and recovered approx 3500 Kgs of compressed ganja being smuggled into Nagaland.
The Ganja was being transported in an unnumbered TATA 709 vehicle, escorted by the white gypsy.
The occupants of the vehicles, however, managed to flee on seeing the SF column.
The recovered ganja was handed over to the Regional Director NE, Narcotics Cont Bureau (NCB) at Imphal for further disposal.
As per the official cost quoted by the NCB, the ganja recovered in this operation is worth Rs One Crore Five Lakhs in the Indian market.
The successful operations by the SF against ganja smuggling in Senapati District has given a severe blow to the drug peddlers.
The security forces are undertaking focused operations to minimise drug menace in the region.