"The two stretches have been identified as the Manipur-Dimapur-Numaligarh road in Golaghat district, which connects the city via Tezpur, and the Manipur—Jiribam-Silchar-Guwahati stretch which connects the NH-37," said a senior DRI official.
Drug peddlers have been using these routes to carry ganja and other narcotics from Manipur to West Bengal. According to sources, ganja is produced in a big way in Manipur`s Ukhrul district. It`s then smuggled to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh via West Bengal.
In the last 10 years, DRI officials have seized more than 1 lakh kg of ganja from in and around the city. In the last three years, officials seized 19,000 kg of ganja from the city. In 2010, they seized 4,500 kilogram of ganja in the city. According to DRI sources, the contraband was meant to be supplied to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh via West Bengal.
In 2005, DRI officials arrested 12 persons involved in carrying ganja. "The persons tried to slip away in the guise of army commandos flashing AK 56 rifles. But we managed to detect them," said the source.
While ganja is supplied from Manipur to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, narcotics-like drugs and phensedyl are carried to the northeastern states from outside. In the city, Lokhra and Amingaon have been identified as the spots where secret loading and unloading of ganja is carried out.
However, sources in the intelligence agency said the main kingpin involved in ganja trade has been running the business from cities located outside the state. "Most of the kingpins are staying outside the state. Their agents are operating in the northeast," said the source.
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