Troopers of Assam Rifles and officials of the Customs department have seized heroin in Mizoram along the Indo-Myanmar border.
Acting on a tip-off, troopers of Assam Rifles and officials of Customs department recovered over 119 grams of heroin at Zokhawthar town on the Mizoram-Myanmar border on Monday, an official of Assam Rifles said on Tuesday.
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The contraband worth Rs 47.84 lakh was believed to be smuggled from Myanmar, he said.
In another joint operation, Assam Rifles and Customs department also seized 52 cases of foreign-origin cigarettes at Chhungte village in Champhai district bordering Myanmar on Tuesday, the official said.
The smuggled goods worth Rs. 1 crore were handed over to Custom Preventive Force in Champhai for a further legal proceeding, he added.
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