NEW DELHI: Law enforcement agencies, in separate operations, have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets and heroin valued at around Rs 36 crore in Mizoram and arrested seven drug peddlers, including three Myanmar nationals, officials said on Thursday.
Officials said that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), along with the SIB of Mizoram and the State Excise and Narcotics Department, in joint operations seized 36.434 kg of methamphetamine tablets and 905 grams of heroin in three coordinated raids at different locations along the India-Myanmar border.
The seized drugs are valued at around Rs 31 crore. Four drug peddlers, including a Myanmar national, have been arrested in connection with the seizures.
Meanwhile, in separate operations along the India-Myanmar border, police in Champhai district in eastern Mizoram seized heroin and methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 4.88 crore and arrested three persons, including two Myanmar nationals.