Overview
- Based on specific intelligence, a joint team recovered 160,000 Yaba methamphetamine tablets from a truck in Jiribam on December 24 and apprehended one suspect.
- The contraband and the detained individual were handed to Jiribam police for investigation, with officials estimating the haul at about Rs 40 crore.
- Yaba, a methamphetamine–caffeine stimulant, is banned in India and is described by authorities as highly addictive and a serious public health risk.
- In a separate operation in Imphal West, a 44-year-old Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup cadre and an associate were arrested, and security forces seized ammunition and explosives.
- Security searches have intensified since ethnic violence began in May 2023, with more than 260 deaths reported and President’s rule imposed on February 13 after the chief minister’s resignation.