India, Sept. 27 -- The Manipur Police on Saturday disposed of narcotics weighing around 332.813 kg, including 86.871 kg of brown sugar and 6.001 kg of heroin, at the Shija Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment facility in Lamdeng, Imphal West.

Speaking to reporters, Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Singh said drugs are destroyed every six months to ensure they do not leak back into society. "We have a facility here which helps us in disposing of the drugs so that there is no pilferage and it doesn't go back into the society," he said.

The items disposed of included 6.1 kg of heroin powder, 86.87 kg of brown sugar, 22.18 kg of WY tablets, 0.047 kg of SP capsules, 36.079 kg of pseudoephedrine, and 181.868 kg of cannabis.

The DGP said ...