The troops of Assam Rifles recovered 780 bags of illegal areca nuts worth Rs 3.51 Crore in the general area of Melbuk crossing in Mizoram's Champhai district.
On examination of the containers, it was found that the gunny bags stacked in the first two rows contained the declared cargo "Compounded Animal Feed" as well as "Barley" and the remaining gunny bags contained "Areca Nuts".
Areca nuts are being smuggled from Myanmar to India for long. Six Mizoram districts - Champhai, Siaha, Lawngtlai, Serchhip, Hnahthial and Saitual- share about 510-km long international border with Myanmar. This border is being used for smuggling areca nuts - also know as betel nuts - from My
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai on Tuesday said that the state government is ready to check the spread of pest attacks in the commercial crops and has taken multiple steps in the direction.
Champhai (Mizoram) [India], March 6 (ANI): Preventing smuggling bid along Myanmar border, Assam Rifles recovered around 6,120 kg areca nuts worth Rs 26.19 lakh from Champhai on Friday.
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], September 8 (ANI): With Ganesh Chaturthi just around the corner, artisans across the country are making different types of Ganesha idols this year.
Chandel (Manipur) [India], March 13 (ANI): Assam Rifles on Thursday seized an illegal consignment of areca nuts worth approximately Rs 16 lakhs from Khengjoy village in Chandel district, said Assam Rifles on Saturday.
Kamrup (Assam) [India], September 28 (ANI): The Customs department on Sunday seized 72 metric tonnes of areca nut worth around Rs 2.76 crores and three carrier trucks from Kamrup district in Assam. Three persons have been apprehended in connection with the case.
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Nellore and Vijayawada seized a total of 113 Metric Tonnes of Areca nuts, worth Rs 3.25 crore at Krishnapatnam Port here.
Gobichettipalayam (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 8 (ANI): The doctors at a government hospital in Coimbatore performed life-saving surgery on a 3-year-old after an areca nut got stuck in the toddler's subglottis region.
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 16 (ANI): In wake of the fact that there is a shortage of traditional Areca nut tree climbers, farmers here are finding it difficult to sustain the Areca nut plantation. However, a 48-year-old farmer, Ganapathi, took it as a challenge and invented ingeniou