Imphal: A Colonel-rank Defence PRO and five others were on Sunday arrested by Manipur police after they were caught allegedly carrying illicit drugs valued at an estimated Rs 15 crore meant to be smuggled out to Myanmar, in one of the biggest such hauls in the state.
The contraband was found in three vehicles at Pallel in Chandel district, state police said here, adding they had taken into custody Defence PRO Colonel Ajay Chaudhary, his assistant RK Babalu, IndiGo assistant manager Brojendro Singh, Haopu Haokip, Minthang Bongel and Milan Haokip.
The six were interrogated at Pallel police station, about 45 kms from here, police said.
A case has been registered against them under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. They will taken to Kakshing police station in Thoubal district, they said.
“Colonel Ajay Chaudhary has been arrested by the Manipur police along with five other persons. We have been made to believe that certain contrabands have been recovered,” Army Spokesperson Colonel Jagdeep Dahiya said in Delhi. (PTI)
