The brown sugar was found inside 177 soap cases from the possession of one John Manglamsaun Zou (19).
TFM Desk
Chandel district police on Tuesday seized 2.285 Kg of suspected brown sugar from an individual while conducting a search operation at Chakpikarong Subdivision.
Acting on a specific information of drug trafficking in general area of Khullen Khailet near Sajik Tampak, Chakpikarong Subdivision, three teams of Chandel district police comprising of one team of Chakpikarong PS, OC Rafi Shah and Chandel SDPO Oinam Sukumar Singh, under the supervision of Chandel ASP(LO) Shankerjit Loitongbam and overall guidance of Chandel SP L Deben Singh, conducted search operation in Khullen Khailet at around 2:30 pm on Tuesday.
During the cordon and search operation conducted in the rented house of the accused person one John Manglamsaun Zou (19), a total of 177 soap cases suspected to be Brown sugar weighing 2.285 Kg (excluding the weight of the soap case) were detected and seized from his possession.
John Manglamsaun Zou S/o Paudoulien Zou is a permanent resident of Home Guard Veng, Moreh ward number 1.
All the procedures of the NDPS Act and necessary formalities were performed during the operation and the seizure, according to the police.
Further the accused person was arrested and a case FIR no. 19(7)2021 CKG-PS u/s 21(c) ND&PS Act was registered at Chakpikarong PS for further necessary action.