Mizzima News (www.mizzima.com)
Guwahati, September 24, 2003:

The authorities in Manipur State of India arrested a local youth along with four kilogram of opium near Indo-Burma border yesterday, according to State police force.

The Manipur police in association with the Customs Department arrested a Manipuri youth, identified as Ph Shyam Singh, last night near Moirang in Indo-Burma border.

The police department told Mizzima correspondent that the consignment was
brought from the bordering village of Burma. Based on a tip-off, the police arrested Shyam Singh while he was carrying the drug in a plastic bag.

There are estimated more than 20,000 opium addicts in the north east India, which borders with Burma.