Correspondent
BOKAJAN, Aug 11: In their continued efforts to fight the smuggling of drugs along the Karbi Anglong and Nagaland border, the Khatkhati police today seized more quantity of morphine from the smugglers. Today, at around 3:30 PM in the evening, acting on secret information a naka checking was set up by ASP(S) assisted by OC Khatkhati PS, staff a team of C20Bn. CRPF led by Rabi Gill at Balijan B in front of 2nd. gate 2nd. ASRF Camp.
At around 4:30 pm, police stopped one FZ Bike with the registration number AS 03 Q 5648, on which two persons were coming from Dimapur side and heading towards Khatkhati. On suspicion, police gathered a few independent witnesses and searched the persons and from their possession recovered 776.6 grams of suspected Morphine. The substance was duly seized and sealed in the presence of independent witnesses.
Two persons identified as Thonkhogin Chongloi (26), son of Thangchon Chongloi of Jalukie in Peren, Nagaland, and Paolen Chongloi (40), son of Kamhen Chongloi of Saikul in Senapati, Manipur were taken into custody. A case was also registered in this regard.