Following the statement of Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren in the Assembly on Monday on drug peddling, police, Assam Rifles and other paramilitary forces have beefed up security measures along the Manipur-Myanmar border on Tuesday.
He said that peddlers were selling narcotic pills even to school children. Sometime back he had announced that a fast track court would be set up to deal exclusively with the offenders.
On an average, police, Assam Rifles and anti-narcotics cells of the Central government have been seizing drugs and other contraband items thrice a week. An Army officer in Imphal and relatives of some politicians were also allegedly caught in the anti-drug dragnet.