Assam Rifles seized Heroin worth over Rs 25 lakh in Mizoram

 AIZWAL: The Aizawl Battalion of the 23 Sector Assam Rifles has recovered 51.550 gm of heroin worth over Rs 25 lakh in the general area of Kulikawn, Aizwal, Mizoram, on February 20 and apprehended two individuals, one of whom is a Myanmar national.

A combined team of Assam Rifles and Special Narcotics Police CID (SB), Aizawl, carried out the operation.”On February 20 at about 4:00 p.m., during the course of the search of a vehicle, four soap cases (51.550 gm) of suspected heroin number four with an approximate cost of Rs 25, 77,500 were recovered by the joint team. The joint team apprehended two individuals and seized the consignment, which was taken into custody for further legal proceedings,” an official statement said.

The seized consignment and apprehended individuals were handed over to Special Narcotics Police Station CID (Crime), Aizawl, on February 20 for further legal proceedings. Earlier on February 16, the Mizoram Police said that they had recovered arms and ammunition from the Zawngling area of the state’s Saiha district in a joint operation with the Assam Rifles.

In an official statement from the Headquarters Inspector General of Assam Rifles (East) [HQ IGAR], the police said that the Lunglei Battalion of the 23 Sector Assam Rifles recovered war-like stores and country-made weapons in the general area of Zawngling, Saiha district, on February 14.

The forces recovered two bore guns, one Chinese pistol, and one.22 rifle from an uninhabited small temporary hut in Zawngling, according to officials.These weapons were later handed over to the Tuipang Police Station on Wednesday for legal proceedings. (ANI)

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