Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren on Monday gave the monetary award to police personnel for seizing drugs in a function held at CM Secretariat here.
Speaking on the occasion, Biren said, “In recognition of massive seizures of drugs by Tengnoupal Police and Thoubal Police which include busting of a brown sugar factory, a cash reward of Rs 7 lakh and Rs 8 lakh have been awarded to Tengnoupal Police and Thoubal Police respectively.
He said Under War on Drugs 2.0, Tengnoupal Police has seized drugs worth over Rs 127 Crore. On the other hand, Thoubal Police have recently busted a brown sugar factory from Moijing Mina Bazar along with 222.5 kg of brown sugar and other items used in producing brown sugar.