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.
In yet another success in its crusade against smuggling, Assam Rifles conducted two separate operations in Aizawl and Hnahlan cities in Mizoram and recovered heroin worth Rs 11 crore. The team also apprehended two Myanmar nationals, officials said on Friday.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Mizoram police have conducted a massive operation against illicit liquor and drugs across the state and seized drugs, illicit liquor worth over Rs 6 crore.
Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with the police, seized 69 grams of heroin worth Rs 48.30 lakh and apprehended one individual in Mizoram's Champhai district, an official said.
The Tripura Mizo Convention, the apex body of the Mizo community people living in Tripura, put forward a three-point charter of demands before Governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu during his visit to Jampui Hills, in North Tripura district.
The 102-year-old World War II veteran of the Battle of Kohima had a glorious military career of 28 years, according to an official release from Assam Rifles.
Coming down heavily on the protestors, Laldingliana Bru, who is a signatory of the quadripartite act signed between governments of Mizoram, Tripura, Centre, and Bru leaders, claimed that such kind of protest questioning their citizenship was uncalled for.
Through a gazette notification on February 26, 2024, the central government had mandated the sale of 100 per cent of dust grade tea through public auction from April 1, 2024, for dust grades tea manufactured in a calendar year in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya,
In a joint operation, Assam Police and the forest department rescued 52 smuggled Indonesian birds and animals, including Black Lori birds, Red and Blue Lories, Babirusa Swine and Hornbills, from Hailakandi district along the Assam-Mizoram border.