Manipur, March 19 -- In July, a team of Senapati police seized 4.046 kg of opium near Khongnem Thana in Senapati district from one Mangkhokam Misao, a Kuki. He was arrested during frisking and checking along the NH-2 of a four-wheeler (Hyundai Verna) and four packets of suspected opium packed in transparent plastic polythene were found concealed under the seat of the car. It was indeed surprising that he had managed to procure opium and transport such a drug consignment in the midst of all the mayhem going on in present day Manipur.

Just before the commencement of the present ethnic strife, Churachandpur police arrested two persons namely Thangbiaklun Guite and Nangkhenmang Munluah both from Suangdoh village in Churachandpur district wit...