Morung Express News
Dimapur | March 7
One man from Imphal was arrested and charged with possession of restricted pharmaceutical drugs at the Khuzama inter-state Excise (Narcotic Cell) check-post. The man, identified as Md. Mujibur (29 years), was found smuggling 23,120 capsules of spasmo proxyvon (SP).
The man was travelling in an Imphal-bound taxi when the vehicle was stopped for routine checking at Khuzama check-post. According to the Excise Narcotic Cell, frisking of the taxi revealed a cache of neatly packaged SP capsules, which was being smuggled by the man.
A mason by profession, the Narcotic Cell stated that the accused revealed during interrogation that he was en route Imphal from Kolkata via Dimapur. He had procured the drug at Kolkata for Rs. 50,000 to be disposed off in Imphal for Rs. 80,000.
As per his statement, it was his second try at drug trafficking following a successful first attempt using the same route. Mujibur, hailing from Khomidok Mamang Leikai, Imphal West was charged and booked under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act.
Kolkata has become an accessible source-point for prescription pills where drugs like spasmo proxyvon and nitrazepam – the former a pain-reliever and the latter a sleep-inducing drug – are reported to be easily available.
Law enforcement agencies in Nagaland have over the years intercepted several relatively small consignments of such drugs en route with Kolkata as the source-point.
