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At least three people, including a Myanmar national, were arrested with 503 grams of heroin worth around Rs 14.7 lakh in Aizawl and Champhai district near the Myanmar border on Thursday.

Acting on a tip-off, officials of the excise and narcotics department conducted a search at Zote and Ngur villages in Champhai district and seized 461 grams of heroin.

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Two accused identified as Zalianthang, 24, and Pausawmmuang, 26, both from Champhai town were arrested for possessing the contraband, a statement by the state excise and narcotics department said.

In another seizure, the anti-narcotics squad of the department on Thursday seized 42 grams of heroin at two locations in Aizawl and arrested Lalrinsiama (32), a resident of Tahan in Myanmar, it said.

The contraband is altogether worth Rs 14.7 lakh was believed to be smuggled from Myanmar.

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The three accused were booked under relevant sections of “The Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.”