Manipur: Assam Rifles Jawan Arrested for Allegedly Smuggling Yaba Tablets

Moreh, February 7, 2020:

A Quick Response Team (QRT) of Thoubal police, during a random checking and frisking operation on Thursday, seized a huge consignment of World is Yours (or Yaba) tablets from an Assam Rifles jawan.

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Around 8.30 pm, the QRT team of CDO Thoubal at Wangjing Bazar on the Imphal-Moreh highway, while conducting random checking of vehicles, detained a Maruti Swift Dzire car, bearing registration number MN 01AG 2307.

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Upon checking, the police personnel found a black airbag in the back of the car. The airbag contained 23 packets containing 2,30,000 (2 lakhs 30 thousands) WY tablets in total. The Yaba tablets are said to be worth several lakh rupees.

The detained person was found to be a personnel of 6th Assam Rifles (recently shifted to Arunachal Pradesh from Manipur), identified as Yengkhom Bikram Singh (aged 35), a resident of Leikei.

The arrested jawan is being interrogated and a case has been registered against him under relevant sections of the law.

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