Aizawl, April 2 The Mizoram police have dismantled several smuggling modules over the past week, seizing narcotics, particularly heroin and methamphetamine, valued at ₹25.01 crore at various locations in the state, a senior officer said.
The crackdown, which took place between March 25 and March 31, resulted in the arrest of 8 individuals, including two from Myanmar, four from Manipur, and one from Assam, Inspector General of Police (Headquarters) H Ramthlengliana said.
The most significant operation took place on the morning of March 25, when the CID (Special Branch) operation team intercepted a truck near the Tuirial Bridge in Aizawl.
A thorough search of the truck, which was travelling from Seiling in the Saitual district towards Aizawl, revealed 19.836 kg of Methamphetamine (Yaba) tablets valued at ₹15.86 crore, he said in a statement on Wednesday.
The police also recovered a US-manufactured handgun, along with two magazines and 40 rounds of ammunition.
The 23-year-old driver, a resident of Champhai district in eastern Mizoram, near the Indo-Myanmar border, was taken into custody.
Ramthlengliana said that in three operations near Keifang in the Saitual district between March 27 and March 29, police teams intercepted three vehicles, leading to the recovery of a total of 4.46 kg of heroin, worth ₹8.93 crore.
Four residents of Manipur and one from Assam were arrested in Keifang.
In another operation on March 31, two individuals from Myanmar were arrested in the Zembawk area in Aizawl for possessing 104 grams of heroin valued at ₹20.4 lakh.
The IGP said that multiple cases have been registered against the eight accused under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, the Arms Act, and the Immigration and Foreigners Act.
