Illegal Narcotics Production Facility Busted in Manipur, 2 Detained

IMPHAL: On Thursday, a drug production facility was discovered in Manipur's Imphal East district, and two people were detained.

In the raid in Yairipok Changamdabi near the Andro police station, various substances were also confiscated, including heroin, psychoactive opium, and brown sugar, they claimed.

According to Senior Superintendent of Police Haobijam Jogeshchandra Singh, police raided the home of one Khulakpam Abdul Ali after receiving a tip.

Ali was detained and a total of 906 grams of heroin, 936 grams of psychoactive opium, and 0.5 grams of brown sugar were found.

Upon questioning by the police, Ali admitted that he obtained the drugs from a local resident named Khuleibam Muhamuddin. After that, when the police arrived at Muhamuddin's home, they were met by gunfire.

Muhammaddin was subsequently taken into custody, while his son, Md. Naaman Khuleibam, allegedly escaped the scene.

Muhammaddin was arrested after admitting to the police that his son fled with a sizeable amount of drugs that were created in his home, along with a double-barrelled rifle and ammunition. From the residence, police seized 1.491 kg of suspected brown sugar and lime used in drug manufacture.

According to authorities, there is a big hunt underway to find the fugitive.

An improvised explosive device (IED) was reportedly detonated outside the gate of an oil pump at Wabagai Lamkhai in the Kakching district of Manipur by suspected insurgent cadres on Friday.

On Thursday afternoon, a bomb disposal team was dispatched to the area, and the IED was safely defused, according to police statements on Friday.

A joint police and Assam Rifles team discovered the explosive device on Thursday around 9 a.m. in the Wabagai Lamkhai section of the Waikhong police station, according to the police.

The bomb was discovered as a result of a tip from Yumnam Romen of Wabagai Lamkhai, around 45 km from Imphal, that a possible bomb had been discovered next to the gate of his oil pump at around 9 a.m. on Thursday, according to the police.

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