Imphal, March 28: The security forces under the Red Shield division today burnt 1.2 tonne ganja with a street value of Rs 35 lakh at Gothal in Churachandpur district, headquarters of the Maratha Light Infantry Battalion, in the presence of Narcotics Control Bureau officials and state police.
The commandant of the 16 Maratha Light Infantry, Col Prasanta Chauhan, said drives were carried out at Ukha, Henglep and Mongkhen along the Thangjing range of Manipur’s Churachandpur district. The army unit and the 46 Assam Rifles seized the consignment during a joint drive against cultivation and smuggling of the contraband, he said.
Col Chauhan said ganja and opium were extensively cultivated in the district and the produce was smuggled outside Manipur through Jiribam bordering Cachar district of Assam along National Highway 53.
“The smugglers engaged porters and Rs 1,000 is paid to each for transporting the contraband from Henglep of Churachandpur district to Jiribam, before the consignments were taken to various destinations through Assam.”
He said village chiefs of the areas where poppy and ganja were planted were warned that action would be taken against them if they did not stop cultivation of the narcotics.
The commandant of the 16 Maratha Light Infantry, Col Prasanta Chauhan, said drives were carried out at Ukha, Henglep and Mongkhen along the Thangjing range of Manipur’s Churachandpur district. The army unit and the 46 Assam Rifles seized the consignment during a joint drive against cultivation and smuggling of the contraband, he said.
Col Chauhan said ganja and opium were extensively cultivated in the district and the produce was smuggled outside Manipur through Jiribam bordering Cachar district of Assam along National Highway 53.
“The smugglers engaged porters and Rs 1,000 is paid to each for transporting the contraband from Henglep of Churachandpur district to Jiribam, before the consignments were taken to various destinations through Assam.”
He said village chiefs of the areas where poppy and ganja were planted were warned that action would be taken against them if they did not stop cultivation of the narcotics.
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