Drugs worth Rs 1.20 crore seized in Mizoram, two women held

AIZAWL: Involvement of women in smuggling of drugs has increased in Mizoram as Assam Rifles and other law-enforcing agencies arrested two more women and recovered heroin worth Rs 1.20 crore, officials said on Sunday.

A defence spokesman said that acting on specific intelligence, a joint operation was launched by the Assam Rifles and officials of the Excise and Narcotics Department on Saturday night at Zotlang areas in Champhai district, which shares an unfenced border with Myanmar. The team intercepted two suspicious women while conducting a thorough search and recovered heroin weighing 161.200 grams valued at Rs 1.20 crore. (IANS)

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