Arrested cop leads to seizure of 74 kg narcotic
8 Oct 2012 2:18 PM GMT
Widening its probe into the arrest of a Manipur police official caught allegedly smuggling drugs at the IGI airport, anti-narcotics sleuths today recovered 74 kg of contraband from a location in the capital.
The seized consignment of is estimated to cost Rs 80 lakh in the domestic market. Sleuths suspect that a syndicate operation was behind the incident as the drug was to be smuggled from Manipur to neighbouring Myanmar.
The Manipur cop, Chlalkhogin, along with his wife and an another associate were arrested yesterday by the Narcotics Control Bureau after they received a tip-off from CISF.
Confirming the development, NCB zonal director [Delhi] Manoranjan Kumar said they have seized additional 74 kg of narcotic after getting information about it from Chlalkhogin.
Twenty four kgs of pseudoephedrine was allegedly seized from the Manipur cop yesterday after the contraband was detected in his bag at the IGI airport.
The NCB had arrested the trio under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and has now put them under interrogation.
The seized consignment of is estimated to cost Rs 80 lakh in the domestic market. Sleuths suspect that a syndicate operation was behind the incident as the drug was to be smuggled from Manipur to neighbouring Myanmar.
The Manipur cop, Chlalkhogin, along with his wife and an another associate were arrested yesterday by the Narcotics Control Bureau after they received a tip-off from CISF.
Confirming the development, NCB zonal director [Delhi] Manoranjan Kumar said they have seized additional 74 kg of narcotic after getting information about it from Chlalkhogin.
Twenty four kgs of pseudoephedrine was allegedly seized from the Manipur cop yesterday after the contraband was detected in his bag at the IGI airport.
The NCB had arrested the trio under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and has now put them under interrogation.
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