- विज्ञापन -
Aizawl: Assam Rifles in association with Mizoram Police on Sunday in two separate joint operations have seized huge quantities of drugs worth Rs 66.31 crore from bordering Champhai district, officials said.
Official sources said that Assam Rifles along with Police personnel have seized highly addictive Methamphetamine tablets weighing 20.20 kg valued at Rs 60.62 crore from Crossing Point One, Zokhawthar in Champhai district on Saturday. The team received credible input regarding trafficking of a large consignment of drugs into India near the Myanmar Border.
The team intercepted and seized the consignment and subsequently handed it over to the Police department for further legal proceedings. None was arrested in this connection.
Assam Rifles along with Mizoram Police have seized heroin weighing 492 grams worth Rs 3.69 from the World Bank Road in the same Zokhawthar of Champhai district. The drugs were being carried by two persons on a scooter.
Upon being challenged by the Assam Rifles troops, the suspects fled from the spot leaving the consignment behind. The entire consignment was taken into custody by the Police Department for further investigation and legal proceedings.
