Manipur Drug Haul: 7 Held Sent to Custody Till March 22

Seven persons, including former defence PRO Colonel Ajay Choudhury, who were arrested in connection with illegal drug trafficking, have been remanded in judicial custody till March 22.

The seven were produced before the special Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) court yesterday at Lamphelpat which remanded them in judicial custody.

Six persons including assistant manager of Indigo airlines Ngairangbam Brojendro, an assistant of former defence PRO R K Babalu, Haopu Haokip, Minlin Haokip and Minthang Doungel were arrested while they were allegedly carrying illegal Pseudoephedrine tablets worth about Rs 24 crores in Thoubal district for smuggling it to neighbouring Myanmar.

Following their interrogation, police arrested Seikholet Haokip, son of Congress MLA T N Haokip, on February 26 last along with a large number of illegal tablets worth lakhs of rupees from his house at Deulaland area here.

All the seven would remain in Manipur jail here till March 22.

No counsel on behalf of the accused appeared before the NDPS court yesterday.