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Rs 25-crore drug haul in Mizoram, 2 arrested from Assam

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AIZAWL: In the biggest-ever drug haul in Mizoram, police have seized 5 lakh very addictive stimulant drug 'methamphetamine tablets valued at Rs 25 crore in the international market and arrested two persons belonging to neighbouring Assam, police said on Friday.

A senior Mizoram police official said that the police in a joint operation along with its sister agency had recovered and seized five lakh Methamphetamine tablets on Thursday night from a truck near Buichali Bridge, Sairang under Aizawl district.

The seized contraband items are worth Rs 25 crore in the international market, the police official said, adding that the driver of the truck Mantu Kumar Deb, 45, and his associate Subhas Das, 33, were arrested.

Both the detainees are residents of Karimganj in southern Assam. (IANS)

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