IMPHAL, March 6: According to a press release, the Inner Manipur MP, Dr.Thokchom Meinya raised the issue of recent huge drug trafficking activities in the state of Manipur and involvement of defence personals in such activities in Parliament under Rule 377.
The statement said, “Dr. Meinya has informed the House that there is a huge Drug trafficking activity in Manipur. State Police commandos caught a PRO (Defence Wing), a Colonel along with five others while trying to smuggle psychotropic drugs worth nearly Rs 25 crores into Myanmar at Pallel in Chandel district of Manipur. On the same day, personnel of Narcotic & Affairs of Border (NAB) seized another huge consignment of Petas-TR tablets worth around Rs 8 lakhs from the Imphal Airport. This is the fourth time in less than two months that Manipur police have seized large consignment of drugs in the State. On January 11, a team of Special Intelligence Unit (SIU), Imphal West seized large quantity of contraband Pseudoephedrine tablet worth around Rs 1.4 crore from Tulihal Airport, Imphal and on February 15, a team of Imphal East police seized a huge consignment of the same drug worth Rs. 1.3 crore from Mantripukhri”.
Further it said, “Dr. Meinya urged upon the Union Government to immediately repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, and further urged upon the Union Government to immediately intervene and stop the drug trafficking in that part of the country”.