Aizawl: Acting on specific inputs, Assam Rifles and Mizoram police seized heroin worth Rs. 9.7 crore and arrested three persons in three separate operations in a single night on May 30 in east Mizoram’s Champhai district, Assam Rifles said in a statement.
During the three different operations by Assam Rifles and state police from Zokhawthar and Champhai 146 grams of heroin was recovered from Melbuk village, 22 grams from Zote village and 1.2 kilograms on Champhai-Aizawl road, it said.
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Three peddlers from Kahrawt village in Champhai district have been arrested for possessing the heroin, the statement said.
The seized heroin and the three accused handed over to the state police for further legal proceedings, it added.