Sub-Insp, Jamadar amongst 11 arrested alongwith drugs

IMPHAL, April 28: Two months after the arrest of Colonel Ajay Choudhary, PRO of Indian Army along with 5 persons by a team of Thoubal police near the Pallel commando post under Pallel police station in Thoubal district on February 24 with a huge consignment of tablets containing pseudoephedrine along National Highway number 2 on the Imphal-Moreh route, 11 state police personnel including a Sub Inspector and a Jamadar attached to the Moreh commando post have been arrested by a team of Thoubal police commandos alongwith contraband drugs.

The said police personnel were reportedly in full police uniform and carried their service weapons while they were traveling in two white colour gypsys, one without a registration number and another with registration number (MN01X-3392).

They were heading towards Moreh along with two airs bag and one gunny bag of Respifed tablets containing Pseudoephedrine when the Thoubal police commandos stopped them near the new police gate under Pallel police station under Thoubal district, sources said.

All the 11 police personnel along with the SI and the Jamadar along with the tablets have been arrested by the Thoubal police and all their weapons along with the vehicles (gypsy) have been seized and kept in police custody.

However, police personal of Thoubal district declined to give any details about the names of the arrested police personnel.

It is likely that the Superintendent of police, Thoubal will address a press conference tomorrow regarding the arrest of the state police personal along with drugs today.