IMPHAL: The arrest of the Army colonel was not the end in drug smuggling by people in high position as a son of a senior Congress MLA of Manipur has been arrested and huge quantity of drugs has been recovered from the MLA’s private residence by the police.
Based on information provided by Army Colonel Ajay Choudhury and his five cohorts on Monday, Manipur police swooped down on the MLA’s house late Monday night and arrested senior Congress MLA TN Haokip’s son identified as one Saikholen Haokip (35) and recovered four huge cartons of drugs containing 2316 strips of banned drugs from the MLA’s private house located at Fifth Avenue, Deulahlane in Imphal.
Police said psychotropic drug Pseudoephedrine tablets which include Ketamine hydrochloride injection IP and Extamine 500 mg were recovered.
Three FIR have also been filed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, against the MLA’s son.
Saikholen Haokip was produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Thoubal district on Tuesday and was remanded in police custody till March 8.
All the seven arrested people including Colonel Ajay Choudhury will be produced on March 8 at 1 pm before the Special Court of NDB-Lamphel in Imphal.
TN Haokip is a senior Congress MLA from Churachandpur district’s Saikot Assembly constituency. He had been a Cabinet minister in his past tenures.
It is worth noting that Colonel Ajay Choudhury and five others were arrested on Sunday morning when they were transporting a huge consignment of banned drugs to Myanmar from Imphal worth around Rs 24 crore in the international market. (NNN)