HAILAKANDI, Dec 16 (PTI): Burmese betel nuts worth Rs 50 lakh, being transported without proper documents, were seized in Hailakandi district near the inter-state border with Mizoram, an Assam Police officer said on Friday.
The officer in-charge of Jamira Police Station said the betel nut consignment was seized from a truck during regular checking on Thursday.
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“The betel nuts were hidden in sacks beneath bamboo that was being transported in the truck. We seized the consignment as it was without proper papers,” he said.
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Smuggled Myanmar-origin areca nuts are popularly known as Burmese ‘supari’ in the northeastern state.
