Methamphetamine tablets valued at Rs 19 crore seized
Thursday - September 27, 2018 10:40 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Shillong Sep 27 (IANS) A huge haul of methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 19 crore destined for Bangladesh via Meghalaya has been seized from a hideout on the Meghalaya-Assam border customs officials said on Thursday.
Officials arrested Letminlun Khongsai (27) the international drug kingpin and his driver Sailesh Singh from Killing village in Meghalaya s Ri-Bhoi district on Wednesday.
Khongsai who has been on the radar of security agencies and customs is from Manipur s Moreh village on the India-Myanmar border.
Deputy Commissioner of Customs (Preventive) Isaac Kharkongor said Khongsai was arrested after receiving input that a huge consignment of Metamphetamine tablets weighing 19.7 kg meant for Khongsai was dispatched from Manipur s capital Imphal in a white Scorpio on Tuesday.
The arrested persons have been booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
"Meghalaya being a peaceful state has become a safe haven for international drug syndicates who are using it as a transit route from Myanmar to Bangladesh " Kharkongor said.
Meghalaya shares a 443-km border with Bangladesh part of which is porous hilly and unfenced and thus prone to infiltration.
--IANS rrk/mr
Officials arrested Letminlun Khongsai (27) the international drug kingpin and his driver Sailesh Singh from Killing village in Meghalaya s Ri-Bhoi district on Wednesday.
Khongsai who has been on the radar of security agencies and customs is from Manipur s Moreh village on the India-Myanmar border.
Deputy Commissioner of Customs (Preventive) Isaac Kharkongor said Khongsai was arrested after receiving input that a huge consignment of Metamphetamine tablets weighing 19.7 kg meant for Khongsai was dispatched from Manipur s capital Imphal in a white Scorpio on Tuesday.
The arrested persons have been booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
"Meghalaya being a peaceful state has become a safe haven for international drug syndicates who are using it as a transit route from Myanmar to Bangladesh " Kharkongor said.
Meghalaya shares a 443-km border with Bangladesh part of which is porous hilly and unfenced and thus prone to infiltration.
--IANS rrk/mr
