Commander Of Manipur Ceasefire-Linked Insurgent Group Arrested With Brown Sugar
NDTV
A first information report (FIR) has been filed against the accused, Lemtinsei Singson, 50, commander of the United Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA), which comes under the banner of the Kuki National Organisation (KNO)
The commander of a Kuki insurgent group that had signed a ceasefire agreement has been arrested for alleged drug trafficking in Manipur, the police said.
A first information report (FIR) has been filed against the accused, Lemtinsei Singson, 50, commander of the United Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA), which comes under the banner of the Kuki National Organisation (KNO).
The 39 Assam Rifles, which caught Singson and recovered 124 grams of a substance suspected to be "brown sugar", or heroin, hidden in 10 soap cases, in a report to the police said they sent out a column at 8 am to intercept the accused on getting information about the presence of insurgents at village Phaitol in Manipur's Tamenglong district, 145 km from the state capital Imphal.
