Aizawl, Apr 30 (UNI) Mizoram authorities made significant headway in their battle against drug smuggling this week with two separate high-value narcotics seizures—one led by the state police’s CID (Special Branch) in Aizawl and the other by the Excise and Narcotics Department in Champhai district.
In the larger of the two operations, personnel from CID (SB) intercepted two vehicles on Monday near Zemabawk North, in the northern outskirts of Aizawl, and uncovered a massive cache of methamphetamine weighing 47.511 kg. The consignment is estimated to be worth over Rs 6.17 crore in the illicit market.
The drug haul, concealed in hidden compartments within the dashboard beams and rear panels of a KIA Seltos and a KIA Sonet, was recovered based on prior intelligence, according to a statement released by Inspector General of Police (HQ) and Police PRO H. Ramthlengliana. The vehicles were reportedly en route from Champhai, a border town frequently used as a corridor for drug trafficking from neighbouring Myanmar.