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Drugs worth Rs 2.4 crore seized at Mizoram-Assam border, two

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Press Trust of India Aizawl
Last Updated : Feb 13 2020 | 8:56 PM IST

Methamphetamine tablets, also known as party drugs, worth Rs 2.4 crore in the local market were seized from two persons near Mizoram's border with Assam on Thursday, state Excise and Narcotics department officials said.

The seizure of 99,600 tablets, that were being smuggled into Mizoram from Assam, was made at an Excise checkpost at Vairengte and the two persons, residents of Karimganj district in the neighbouring state, were arrested, the department's spokesperson Peter Zohmingthanga said.

They were booked under sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (ND&PS) Act, 1985.

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First Published: Feb 13 2020 | 8:56 PM IST

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