Assam Rifles and Customs dept seize heroin worth Rs 30 lakh

Aizawl, January 30

Assam Rifles and Customs department have seized heroin worth Rs 29.6 lakh from Mizoram’s Champhai district and apprehended a Myanmarese national in connection with the seizure, an official said.

The contraband was seized during a joint operation at Zote village in Champhai district on the Indo-Myanmar border on Friday, the official said.

A Myanmarese national had been arrested for possessing the contraband, he said.

In another seizure, Assam Rifles and Customs department also seized 240 bags of smuggled areca nuts in Tlangsam-Ruantlang area in Champhai district on Friday and arrested one person for possessing the smuggled goods.

The illegal goods worth Rs 40.32 lakh was smuggled from Myanmar. PTI