A consignment of illegal foreign origin liquor, beer and cigarettes worth Rs 24.53 lakhs was recovered by Assam Rifles in Mizoram's Champhai district, an official statement said on Saturday.
According to the sources, Additional Border Security Forces (BSF) were inducted to enforce the cessation of violence as columns of the Indian Army and Assam Rifles move to the general area of Songdo.
While 380 cases and 36 cartons of foreign origin cigarettes worth Rs 4.94 Crore were recovered from Ruantlang, Champhai, 127.42 grams of heroine (No. 4) worth Rs 89.18 lakhs were recovered from Zokhawthar, Champhai.
Acting on a tip-off, a combined team of Assam Rifles and Customs Department Champhai under the supervision of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East) carried out an operation on June 5.
"In a joint operation, Mizoram police and Customs Division, Aizawl seized 4.691 kg of methamphetamine worth several crores of rupees and apprehended two persons," Mizoram police said.
In a combined operation by the Assam Rifles and Excise and Narcotics, Anti-Narcotics Squad, Aizawl apprehended two people with 340 grams of heroin worth Rs 1,70,00,000.
Assam rifles recovered illegal-origin liquor and beer worth Rs 19.432 lakhs in Zokhawthar in Mizoram's Champai district, said the officials on Wednesday.
Four suspected cadres of the banned insurgent group United National Liberation Front (UNLF), were released on bail, hours after they were apprehended from violence-hit Manipur, officials said.
According to the release the joint operation was launched by the Radhanagar Battalion of Agartala Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (EAST) in a joint operation with Jirighat PS, Cachar District, Assam apprehended one individual alongwith Heroin on July 3, 2023.
A joint operation was launched by the Radhanagar Battalion of Assam Rifles with police representatives from Jirighat Police Station of Assam's Chachar district on Monday based on information about drugs sale.
Assam Rifles recovered heroin and foreign origin cigarettes worth of Rs 2.07 crore in Zote and Zokhawthar of Champhai district, an official statement said Friday.