Manipur: Drugs worth Rs 2.76 crore seized by security forces
During the search operation, the joint security team recovered 690 grams of heroin in 55 soap cases.
During the search operation, the joint security team recovered 690 grams of heroin in 55 soap cases.
The recovered contraband was handed over to state police for further legal action, it said.
Based on specific information, the operation was carried out by a team of eight Assam Rifles, said official.
The Assam Rifles troops and Manipur Police launched an operation that resulted in the recovery of rifles and ammunition.
The troops of Assam Rifles along with Assam police have also apprehended three ULFA-I linkmen during the joint operation
Security personnel also received two pistols and ammunition from the surrendering insurgents.
Meanwhile, in another operation, Assam Rifles intercepted two trucks carrying illegal timber worth Rs 2.60 crore on Sunday.
The two accused were handed over to state police for further investigation, including the recovered explosive and war-like stores.
The use of such weapons as stores may have put the lives of innocent people at peril and led to a various of illegal actions.
Acting on specific inputs, the troops of Assam Rifles in an joint operation with Manipur police launched an operations leading to these apprehensions.