Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 20:
Officials of the State Police Dept today consigned to flames 5.165 kgs of Heroin and 29.637 Kgs of Ganja at the premises of the Manipur Police Training School Pangei today.
The contraband items were set ablaze by the State police officials in the presence of ADGP C Peter, IG Intelligence Thangthuan, MPTS Director LM Khoute, DIG range -I Dinokumar, IV IRB CO Dhanakumar, Ukhrul SP and Narcotics SP.
Sources informed that this was the seventh time that police Dept had destroyed similar items since 1992.The 5.165 Kgs of Heroin which were were destroyed today were recovered by personnel of NAB from 19 different places while 7,327.891 Kgs of ganja out of the total of 29.637 Kgs destroyed today were seized by NAB personnel in 18 different cases.
8346.998 Kgs and 13962.335 Kgs of Ganja seized by Ukhrul and Senapati dist police respectively were also set ablaze today.
The last time State police Dept had destroyed similar contraband items was on 3 March 2003 at Thengu Chingjin.