By PTI
AIZAWL: A 27-year-old Myanmar nationwide was arrested in Mizoram’s capital Aizawl after heroin price Rs 5 lakh was recovered from his possession, police mentioned on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, a staff from the Bawnkawn Police Station apprehended the individual on Saturday and seized 10 grams of the narcotics substance.
The accused hails from Tahan within the neighbouring nation and has been booked beneath numerous sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and the Foreigners Act, the state police mentioned in an announcement.
The police personnel have been making efforts to curb smuggling actions within the state, it mentioned.
Nearly 40 Myanmar nationals have been arrested between January and September this yr in drug-related instances, a senior police officer mentioned.
The Mizoram Police had on October 14 seized 6.8 kilograms of heroin price over Rs 34 crore from the possession of a drug peddler on the new Champhai village close to the Myanmar border.
The seizure was believed to be the largest drug haul in recent times within the northeastern state.
Notably, altogether 30,401 folks from Myanmar have crossed the worldwide border and brought refuge in Mizoram after the neighbouring nation’s army ousted the elected authorities of Aung San Suu Kyi there in February final yr, state Home Minister Lalchamliana knowledgeable the meeting final month.
The majority of the refugees reside in reduction camps, whereas others are accommodated by their native family and a few reside in rented homes.
Six Mizoram districts -Champhai, Siaha, Lawngtlai, Serchhip, Hnahthial and Saitual- share a 510 km-long worldwide border with Myanmar’s Chin state.
AIZAWL: A 27-year-old Myanmar nationwide was arrested in Mizoram’s capital Aizawl after heroin price Rs 5 lakh was recovered from his possession, police mentioned on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, a staff from the Bawnkawn Police Station apprehended the individual on Saturday and seized 10 grams of the narcotics substance.
The accused hails from Tahan within the neighbouring nation and has been booked beneath numerous sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and the Foreigners Act, the state police mentioned in an announcement.
The police personnel have been making efforts to curb smuggling actions within the state, it mentioned.
Nearly 40 Myanmar nationals have been arrested between January and September this yr in drug-related instances, a senior police officer mentioned.
The Mizoram Police had on October 14 seized 6.8 kilograms of heroin price over Rs 34 crore from the possession of a drug peddler on the new Champhai village close to the Myanmar border.
The seizure was believed to be the largest drug haul in recent times within the northeastern state.
Notably, altogether 30,401 folks from Myanmar have crossed the worldwide border and brought refuge in Mizoram after the neighbouring nation’s army ousted the elected authorities of Aung San Suu Kyi there in February final yr, state Home Minister Lalchamliana knowledgeable the meeting final month.
The majority of the refugees reside in reduction camps, whereas others are accommodated by their native family and a few reside in rented homes.
Six Mizoram districts -Champhai, Siaha, Lawngtlai, Serchhip, Hnahthial and Saitual- share a 510 km-long worldwide border with Myanmar’s Chin state.