Banned drugs seized in Manipur

GUWAHATI: In the biggest contraband seizure in recent years in Manipur, personnel of Assam Rifles and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 1,90,000 strips of banned drugs on Monday.

The estimated value of the drugs, recovered from a house at Moijang village in Manipur's Thoubal district, is approximately Rs 15.34 crore.

"The significance of the seized items is due to the fact that they are smuggled from India to Myanmar for further processing where the drugs are mixed with red phosphate and commonly known rave-party drugs amphetamine and methamine which are sold in the international market at 10000 US dollars per kg," said an official.

He added, "The party drugs are smuggled back to India and sold at Rs 1,500 per tablet."