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Heroin worth 6 lakh seized in Mizoram, 3 arrested

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Press Trust of India Aizawl
Last Updated : Feb 10 2016 | 2:32 PM IST
Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department's Anti Narcotic Squad today seized 152 grams of heroin worth six lakh and arrested three persons.
The contraband was seized from the possession of Ramhmingthangi (38) of Zokhawthar hamlet along the Indo-Myanmar border, besides Lalchungnunga (37) and Rosangliana (20), both from Aizawl, a Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department spokesman said Peter Zohmingthanga said here.
The drug, packed in original package known as 'hawng', was reportedly smuggled from Myanmar through bordering Champhai district.
The three accused were arrested and booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. They were produced in a local court and remanded in judicial custody.

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First Published: Feb 10 2016 | 2:32 PM IST

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