Manipur CM N Biren Singh takes lead in destroying drugs

Imphal (Manipur), September 26, 2018:

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Wednesday destroyed drugs, seized by the police, by setting it on fire in the presence of Ministers, MLAs, high-ranking police officers, media persons, villagers and local leaders.

The items, consigned to flames, were around 12 kgs of ganja (marijuana), 3.9 lakh pseudo-ephedrine tablets, 2.6 lakh respifed tablets, 90,000 spasmo proxivon capsules, 228 WY tablets, 6,600 nitrosun (N-10) tablets and 27 grams of heroin.

Later, Singh highlighted the impact of drugs and intoxicants in the society. “It can even damage a whole generation. That is the reason the BJP-led government had announced a war against drugs soon after it assumed power,” he said.

He informed that from March last year to August this year, Manipur Police registered 483 cases related to drugs and arrested 636 people including 126 women.