Four arrested and 239 kg of ganja seized in Lamlai police operations, Manipur
Manipur Police arrested four people and seized about 239 kg of ganja at several locations under Lamlai police station in Imphal East district on 4 July 2026. The seized contraband and two vehicles were taken into custody, and police said the investigation was continuing.
🇮🇳 Lamlai police station area, Imphal East, Manipur · India
Manipur Police arrested four people and seized about 239 kg of ganja in a series
of operations carried out at different locations under Lamlai police station in
Imphal East district on 4 July 2026.[1]Officials said the four were arrested
with 239 kg of contraband ganja, or marijuana, during the 24 hours before the
report.[2]
Officers caught Mataimei W. Shimray of Ukhrul district while he was driving a
Mahindra Bolero pick-up truck.[1]Two 18-year-old men, Ngangbam Dinesh and
Phuritshabam Yaiphaba Meitei, were arrested at Chingarel Tejpur together with a
TVS Apache motorcycle.[1]In a separate but related operation, security forces
arrested Oinam Abung Meetei, 42, at his home in Pungdongbam Makha Leikai.[1]
The same 24-hour police roundup also reported the arrest of six militants from
the KCP and UNLF and an arms recovery in Kangpokpi district, which are separate
events left out of this report.[2]
Police took the seized contraband and the recovered vehicles into custody and
said investigation into the case was under way.[1]
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Page picture published with the report on the Manipur police operations of 4 July 2026. Photo: Manipur PolicePhoto details
The Morung Express report says the arrests took place during the 24 hours before its Monday publication, while India Today NE dates them to 4 July 2026; this report uses 4 July.
India Today NE gives the seizure as around 239 kg, and the exact measured weight was not published.
No charge sheet, remand order or court stage was reported; police said investigation was under way.
The two accounts do not say how the 239 kg was divided among the four arrested people or where the ganja came from.
The Morung Express page picture is credited only to Manipur Police and is not confirmed to show this seizure, so it is linked rather than treated as a cover.
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