Assam Rifles along with Excise and Narcotics Department and Custom Preventive Force, recovered heroin and illegal areca nuts worth Rs 1.01 crore in Champhai district, Mizoram and apprehended three individuals including one Myanmar national, Assam Rifles said in a press release.
In a significant move aimed at eradicating cross-border smuggling, the troops of Assam Rifles captured a huge consignment of 350 sacks of illegal areca nuts worth Rs 2.4 crore from Manipur, said a press release from Assam Rifles.
In yet another success in its crusade against smuggling activities, Assam Rifles, carried out two operations in the Champhai district of Mizoram on Saturday. In the first operation Assam Rifles arrested an individual (Lalrempuia age 25) and seized 'Heroin No 4' from the general area Zote. In
In yet another success in its crusade against smuggling activities, Assam Rifles recovered 100 bags (80 kg each) of Areca Nuts weighing 8000 Kg worth Rs 56 lakh from the general area Ruantlang in Champhai district.
In another success in its crusade against smuggling activities, Assam Rifles recovered 100 bags (80 kg each) of areca nuts worth Rs 56 lakh and weighing 8000 kilogrammes in Ruantlang, Champhai district, officials said on Saturday.
To combat illegal activities, the police in Champhai district, Mizoram, have reported substantial success in seizing contraband drugs and areca nuts worth over Rs 34.12 crore and 40.60 lakh respectively this year, the statement said on Saturday.
Assam Rifles seized 120 tonnes of areca nuts worth Rs 14.32 crore in an operation launched on National Highway 29 in Nagaland's Kohima on January 29, said police.
Cachar police of Assam have recovered and seized about 20,000 kg of Burmese Supari (Areca Nuts) from the rugged terrain along Assam-Mizoram border, the officials informed.
According to a press release, the operation was a collaborative effort between Assam Rifles and the Customs Preventive Force in Champhai, based on specific information received by the authorities.
On the basis of intelligence, 14 containers (40 feet) destined for Inland Container Depot Talegaon were intercepted by DRI Mumbai at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port on August 31, on the suspicion that they may be containing areca nuts.
"This illicit cargo was being clandestinely transported in 17 Shaktiman trucks through the General Area Sangka Lok Nala track, perilously close to the international border on the Indian side," Assam Rifles said in a statement.