Mizoram: Myanmar national held with heroin worth Rs 9.6 crore

Assam Rifles personnel have recovered 1.3 kg of heroin worth Rs 9.6 crore and arrested a Myanmar national for possessing the contraband in Mizoram's Champai district, an official of the paramilitary forces said on Thursday.

Acting on a tip-off, the personnel of the security forces carried out a search operation in the district's Zokhawthar village, located near the Mizoram-Myanmar border, on Tuesday, and arrested the smuggler after seizing the contraband from his possession, the official said.

They recovered the drug from 100 soap boxes and arrested the 35-year-old Myanmar national, the Assam Rifles official said, adding that the man smuggled the contraband into India from the neighbouring country.

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On the otherhand, Assam Rifles in Mizoram confiscated heroin valued at Rs 6.55 crore in the district of Champhai. 

The seizure was part of a larger crackdown on drug trafficking in the region.

Assam Rifles in a post wrote, "Assam Rifles along with Mizoram Police recovered Heroin No 4 weighing 936 grams worth Rupees 6.55 Crores and apprehended an individual in general area Zokhawthar, Champhai District, Mizoram in two separate operations on 03 - 04 March 2024.