Heroin Worth Rs 9.7 Cr Seized in Mizoram by Assam Rifles, 3 Arrested

Aizawl: Heroin worth Rs 9.7 crore was seized in three separate operations in Mizoram’s Champhai district, Assam Rifles said in a statement on Saturday. Three persons involved in the smuggling of the seized heroin were arrested.

During the operations by Assam Rifles and the state police on Thursday night, heroin weighing 146 grams was recovered from Melbuk village, 22 grams from Zote and 1.2 kilograms from an area on Champhai-Aizawl road, the statement said.

Three drug peddlers were arrested in the three seizure cases. Assam Rifles personnel handed over the seized heroin and the three accused to the Mizoram police for further legal proceedings.