Drugs worth Rs 3.66 crore seized in Mizoram, two held

Guwahati: The security forces have seized foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 2.38 crore and one lakh Methamphetamine tablets valued at Rs 1.28 crore in separate raids in Mizoram.

Two drug peddlers Litan Nama and Jakir Hussain who hailed from Tripura, were arrested and their vehicle used for transportation of the contraband was also seized.

Assam Rifles and the Customs Preventive Force seized the foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 2.38 crore, contained in 109 cases, suspected to have been illegally imported from neighbouring Myanmar, was recovered in east Mizoram's Champhai district.


The Excise and Narcotics department officials seized one lakh Methamphetamine tablets at Khatla locality in Aizawl and arrested Litan and Jakir.

Mizoram's 510 km unfenced borders with Myanmar.