Aizawl: Four people, including two women, were arrested for possessing Methamphetamine tablets worth Rs. 1.26 crore in Aizawl, police said in a statement on Friday.
Acting on a specific input, a team of Special Narcotics police station under CID Crime along with personnel of Assam Rifle conducted a joint operation in Bawngkawn area in Aizawl on Thursday and seized 9.7 kilograms of Methamphetamine tablets from the possession of the four accused, it said.
The four accused were identified as Zohmingmawia (39), V. Lalremruati (47), Lalnunzira (35) and Lalzawmliani (40), all residents of Aizawl, the statement said.
A special narcotic case under section 22(c)/29(1) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered for further legal action and investigation on backward and forward linkages, it added.
Earlier on Tuesday, the state police also seized 4 lakh tablets of Methamphetamine and arrested two persons for possessing the contraband during a covert operation in Aizawl’s Kulikawn area.