The Assam Rifles (AR) seized drugs worth Rs 93 lakh and apprehended a drugs peddler from Tengnoupal district, AR sources said today.
The illegal drugs were found concealed in a van, during regular checking at Khudengthabi check post along the Imphal-Moreh highway at the hill district of Tengnoupal yesterday, an Assam Rifles release said.
The apprehended peddler has been identified as 45-year-old Paokhongam Haokip hailing from the Indo-Myanmar border town of Moreh.
He has been handed over to Moreh police station for taking up further actions, the release added.
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