Areca nuts and drugs worth Rs 1.18 crore seized in Mizoram

AIZAWL: The Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with other law-enforcing agencies, have seized areca nuts and drugs worth Rs 1.18 crore and apprehended two persons in Mizoram during the past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. A defence spokesman said that the Assam Rifles and Customs, acting on specific intelligence inputs about the movement of illegally smuggled areca nuts, launched an operation on Friday at Tlangsam areas in Mizoram’s Champhai district and seized 187 bags of areca nuts, which were illegally smuggled from neighbouring Myanmar. The smuggled areca nuts were carried in a truck, which was also seized by the troops, he said, adding that the driver of the vehicle was also arrested. The recovered contraband, along with the detainee and the vehicle, has been handed over to the Customs Preventive Force, Champhai. (IANS)

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