Aizawl: Four individuals, including three Myanmar nationals and one resident of Assam, were arrested in Mizoram for allegedly trafficking illegal drugs, including methamphetamine tablets and heroin, in two separate operations, officials announced on Thursday.
On Tuesday, excise officials and Assam Rifles personnel conducted a joint operation in Zote Tiau village, located in Champhai district near the Myanmar border.
During the operation, they seized 20,200 methamphetamine tablets, weighing 2.2 kg. The methamphetamine, often referred to as the “crazy drug,” is banned in India.
Two men from Myanmar’s Chin state, Sumlamthang (35) and Zamngaihno (36), were arrested in connection with trafficking the drug.
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In another operation the same day, excise officials seized 246 grams of heroin from three individuals in Khatla, near Aizawl.
The arrested suspects were identified as Kapchina (34), a resident of Myanmar’s Chin state, and Naman Uddin (32) from Assam’s Karimganj district.
Authorities also confiscated two vehicles used in the transportation of the heroin.
The four suspects have been charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
They were presented before the district courts in Champhai and Aizawl on Wednesday and have been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.
