Forty-one grams of heroin was today seized by Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department's Anti Narcotic Squad in Aizawl today.
Department spokesperson Peter Zohmingthanga told PTI that the seized contraband is worth around Rs 1.2 lakh in the local market.
Thanhmingliani (45) of Khawzawl in Mizoram-Myanmar border Champhai district was arrested in this connection and she was charged under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
The drug was reportedly smuggled from Myanmar via 404-km-long porous Mizoram-Myanmar border.
Meanwhile, the state excise and narcotics department declared Thursday, the polling day for election to the 19-seat Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) as a dry day.
A press statement issued by the department said that officials, armed with breath analysers would be deployed in all the 19 counting centres .
The votes polled would be counted in convenient halls within the respective wards immediately after completion of the polling.
