Assam: Manipur woman arrested with heroin worth Rs 5 crore in Cachar

A woman from Manipur was arrested with heroin worth Rs 5 crore in Assam's Cachar district. 

Acting on a tip-off, the police started a search of vehicles coming from neighbouring Manipur in the Lakhipur area and seized 700 gm of heroin from a vehicle on Thursday night. 

The drugs were hidden in 50 soap cases that were kept in a bag, police said. The woman, identified as 35-year-old Nengcha Hmar, was arrested from the vehicle. 

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She hails from Jiribam in Manipur. 

A case was registered under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, police said.