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".
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.
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.
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.