KOHIMA, SEPTEMBER 2 (MExN): Troops of the Assam Rifles recovered brown sugar worth approximately Rs 12.34 crores from Chelep and Moreh of Tengnoupol district on August 28 and 30 August in two separate incidents.
A press release from the PIB, Defence informed that on August 28 a unit of Assam Rifles laid an ambush on the Laibi-Chelep road. On detecting move of two suspicious individuals, the team conducted a check of the individual's bag where 300 packets of suspected brown sugar weighing approximately 12 grams each, with a total weight of 3.6 Kg and costing approximately Rs 7.20 crores were recovered.
In another incident, the Assam Rifles seized Brown Sugar near New KLP, Moreh. 198 soap cases containing Brown Sugar neatly packed inside the body of the vehicle were recovered from the possession of Lunkhungam Haokip, the press release informed. The seized contraband drug weighed approximately 1.7 Kg with packaging and amounted to approximately 5.14 crores. The individual along with the contraband drug was handed over to the concerned authority, it added.
