Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera, AVSM, SM, DG Assam Rifles, visited the Assam Rifles Battalion at Mokokchung, Nagaland on Tuesday to review the security in the region.
According to an official release, "Based on a specific intelligence, a joint operation was launched by a team of Assam Rifles and Manipur Police at Savomphai in Jiribam district, resulting in apprehension of two individuals alongwith recovery of a large quantity of illegal foreign cigarettes
Assam Rifles and local police seized narcotics and illegal areca nuts worth crores in coordinated operations across Manipur and Mizoram; three persons were apprehended.
Based on specific intelligence Assam Rifles and the Customs Preventive Force recovered 327 bags of illegal Areca Nuts worth 1.83 crores on Monday that had been dumped and concealed in the jungle near Chhungte village in Champhai district.
The joint operation was launched following specific intelligence inputs about the movement of narcotics in the area. An Area Domination Patrol was carried out towards New Champhai village, during the heroin was seized.
The Assam Rifles, in collaboration with the Department of Revenue Intelligence, seized contraband worth Rs 8.3 crore in Vairengte town located in the Kolasib district of Mizoram.
In a significant operational development near New Samtal village in Chandel district of Manipur, along the Indo-Myanmar Border (IMB), a patrol of the Assam Rifles was fired upon heavily by suspected cadres on 14 May 2025.
Assam Rifles and Custom Preventive Force recovered 2.5 kg heroin worth Rs 17.54 crore in Mizoram's Champhai district on May 15, 2025. The drugs were handed over to the Custom department for further action.
The Army's Eastern Command said in a post on X, "Acting on specific intelligence on movement of armed cadres nearby New Samtal village, Khengjoy Tehsil, Chandel District near the Indo-Myanmar Border, Assam Rifles unit under Spear Corps launched an operation on 14 May 2025."
In a breakthrough, a series of joint operations launched by the Indian Army and Assam Rifles in the hill and valley districts of Manipur between May 5-12 resulted in the apprehension of 16 cadres from the hill and valley-based groups.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha held a high-level security meeting at his residence here on Friday to address security concerns along the India-Bangladesh border. The meeting lasted for over an hour and focused primarily on intensifying surveillance and security measures across the intern