Manipur: Drug smuggler, insurgents arrested in counter-insurgency ops

Security forces in Manipur have made a series of major arrests as part of their intensified operations against insurgent and criminal networks operating across the state's hill and valley districts.

- NIBIR DEKA

Seized arms and ammunition recovered during joint operation by security forces in Manipur

In one of the key operations on Tuesday, October 7, a cross-border drug smuggler identified as Zamkhampau (67), a resident of Bualkot village in Churachandpur district, was arrested from a forested area near Bualkot under Behiang Police Station. During the search, the security team recovered 100 soap cases of heroin powder weighing approximately 1.2 kilograms from his possession. Officials suspect the drugs were part of a larger cross-border trafficking network operating along the Indo-Myanmar corridor.