AIZAWL: Assam Rifles, along with Customs, have seized a large consignment of smuggled areca nuts, also known as Burmese betel nuts, valued at Rs 1.79 crore in Mizoram, officials said on Sunday.
A defence spokesman said that Assam Rifles troopers and customs officials, in a joint raid, recovered 321 bags of areca nuts, which were found dumped in a jungle near the Zote-Tlangsam crossing point in Champhai district on Saturday night.
The areca nuts, smuggled from Myanmar, were dumped in the jungle with the intention of ferrying them to other parts of India.
The recovered items have been handed over to the Customs Preventive Force in Champhai.
This is the second consignment of Myanmar areca nuts seized in Mizoram within nine days. (IANS)
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