Guwahati News Desk: In a joint operation Assam Rifles and Manipur Police seized 1.045 kg of brown sugar at Tengnoupal district in Manipur on Tuesday.
During the operation, two people were arrested by the officials along with the contraband drugs worth Rs 2.90 crore in the international market.
A Honda Civic car bearing registration number ASO-1AK-0013 was also seized from the motor vehicles check post at Tengnoupal at NH 102 of Imphal-Moreh on Monday at around 4.20 pm.
The illegal drugs were seized from under the seats of the cap which was packed in 80 soap cases. A case has been registered against the vehicle owner as the driver of the car identified as Jamthang (28) and Lhuncha (26) were taken to custody for further actions.
Two mobile phones and three sim cards were also recovered from the accused.
According to the police officials, the illegal drugs were smuggled from Myanmar through the Indo-Myanmar international border at Moreh.