Assam man arrested with heroin in Mizoram

A man from Assam has been arrested with over 620 gm of heroin in east Mizoram's Champhai district, officials said on Thursday.

He was apprehended during a joint operation by the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department and the Assam Rifles on Zote by-pass road in the early hours of Thursday, they said.

The accused, a resident of Lokanathpur in Assam's Cachar district, has been arrested for possessing the contraband packed in 50 soap cases, the excise department said in a statement.

The seized heroin had been smuggled allegedly from Myanmar and was being transported to Assam, it said.

A truck, allegedly used for transporting the heroin, was also impounded during the operation, the statement said.

The accused has been booked under sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.

Since January, 11 kg of heroin, 56 kg of methamphetamine, 113.9 kg of ganja and 11,543 litres of Indian-made foreign liquor has been seized during various operations in Mizoram, the Excise and Narcotics Department said.

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