Police officials on Tuesday seized drugs worth Rs 14 crore from two trucks in the West District of Imphal (Imphal, Manipur), the capital of Manipur, and arrested three people in this connection. It is being told that there was a plan to send this consignment of drugs to Myanmar. Superintendent of Police of Imphal West District K.K. Meghchandra said, "A police team, based on secret information, nabbed two trucks from near Kanglatongbi-Shantipur area and recovered a banned WY tablet of Rs 14 crore from it.

Commonly among those who use WY Tablet, it is known as 'World is Yours ' and is M ethamphetamine Tablet , which contains methamphetamine and caffeine. Megchandra said, "Drugs went feared was brought from Assam and the fact that it neighbors Burma ( Myanmar had to be smuggled into the international market through). Complete information about the trade of drugs will be obtained only after interrogation of the three arrested people. ”

All three accused are residents of Manipur

Police said that when the trucks were searched, it was seen that the packets of drugs were hidden in the bonnet of the trucks. The three accused have been arrested under sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). All three are residents of Manipur. Increasing youth addiction to narcotics has become a major concern in many areas of Manipur.

Earlier in December last year, the Assam Rifles, Manipur Police and Narcotics Control Bureau raided two places in the border town of More, brought from Myanmar and seized drugs worth about Rs 165 crore. Two Myanmar and four drug traffickers from India were also arrested in this case. Even before this, 582 kg of smuggled drugs were seized from Myanmar in three different operations from October 28, 2020, valued at around Rs 2,320 crore.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday targeted the CPI (M) -led government of Kerala. He alleged that during its five-year reign, the state has become "its own country of fundamentalists", which is known as "God's own country". The minister also targeted Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for his budget and questioned the role of Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board in budget making.

He criticized the alleged killing of an RSS worker in Alappuzha by SDPI activists last week. He alleged that violence is increasing in the Left ruled state. The Union Minister said, "I cry when I have to say that RSS pracharak Nandu Krishna was killed. Is this God's own country here? "

'Abuse of fundamentalists will not be questioned'

Sitharaman said these things while inaugurating a meeting organized by Kerala BJP President K Surendran on "Vijay Yatra". He alleged that the mistreatment of fundamentalists in Kerala will not be questioned as the CPI-M has an alliance with the SDPI through the back door.

'Why is Rahul avoiding going to those places'

At the same time, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan targeted Rahul Gandhi on Saturday. He questioned the Congress' silence in states like Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Puducherry and the Union Territory when they came to power. Vijayan also wanted to know why Rahul is not going to those states where the Congress is directly facing the BJP.

Vijayan questioned, "Rahul Gandhi is a prominent leader of the Congress Party. Is he going to the state where the Congress is directly competing with the BJP? What role did he play in Goa, Manipur, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and more recently in Puducherry? Why is he silent about these states? Why is Congress national leader Rahul Gandhi refraining from going to places where his party is in direct competition with the BJP? ''