MIZORAM WOMAN AMONG TWO HELD WITH RS 10 CRORE HEROIN

The police arrested two drug peddlers, including a Mizoram woman, after 2kg heroin was recovered from their possession at a check-post on Khanna-Delhi National Highway in Ludhiana. The police claimed that it was for the first time a Mizoram resident had been arrested with a drug haul.

The police had set up a check-post near a mall in Alaud village on Khanna-Delhi National Highway. A grey Toyota Etios (DL10CE-5941) coming from Gobindgarh side was flagged down. The taxi driver Raj Kumar Saxena, a resident of New Delhi  and the woman passenger Lalchu Vanli Nealoom of Lawngtlai, Mizoram were arrested after two kilograms of heroin was recovered from the car. It was packed in a black polythene hid between the front seats. The contraband is worth Rs 10 crore in international market. The accused would procure heroin from Delhi to supply it in Punjab. They were taking the consignment to Jalandhar and Nabha. The police said Nealoom did her bachelor of arts (BA) and bachelor of education (BEd) from DU. Another woman had handed over the consignment to her in Delhi. A case has been registered.