AIZWAL: 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, Assam Rifles team carried out a search operation in the district’s Zokhawthar village, located near the Mizoram-Myanmar border on March 5 and arrested the smuggler after seizing the contraband from his possession.
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They recovered the drug from 100 soap boxes and arrested the 35-year-old Myanmar national, who had smuggled the contraband into India from the neighbouring country.
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They handed over the accused person and the seized drug to the state police in Zokhawthar for further action (PTI)
