New Delhi, April 25 -- A joint team of the 39th Assam Rifles and the Manipur Police have seized 30 soap cases of brown sugar valued at Rupee 3.5 crore. The narcotics were stuffed inside pumpkins and being transported in a truck when it was intercepted. Two suspects, Abdul Mannan Mazumder and Khalil Ulla Barbhuiya, have been detained in Manipur's Jiribam. Based on intelligence reports, the security forces intercepted the truck that was heading towards Assam's Cachar from Tipaimukh in Manipur's Pherzawl district.
On inspection, the joint team found 363.45 grams of brown sugar concealed inside the pumpkins. The arrested men and the seized narcotics have been sent to Jiribam police station for further investigation and legal action. Manipur Ch...