New Delhi/Aizawl, March 5 (IANS) Law enforcement agencies, in separate operations, have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets and heroin valued at around Rs 36 crore in Mizoram and arrested seven drug peddlers, including three Myanmar nationals, officials said on Thursday. Officials said that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), along with the SIB of Mizoram and the State Excise and Narcotics Department, in joint operations seized 36.434 kg of methamphetamine tablets and 905 grams of he…
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Aizawl, March 2 (IANS) Authorities in Mizoram’s 11 districts have so far completed biometric enrolment of over 97 per cent of the approximately 28,355 Myanmar refugees, including women and children, who took shelter in the state in different phases following the military coup in February 2021, officials said on Monday.On the advice of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the biometric enrolment process for both Myanmar and Bangladeshi refugees has been underway in Mizoram since July 2025, using t…
Aizawl, Feb 2 (IANS) Authorities in Mizoram have so far registered the biometric details of nearly 90 per cent of about 30,900 Myanmar nationals, including women and children, who have taken shelter in the state after fleeing their country in different phases following the military coup in February 2021, officials said on Monday.Home Department officials said that of around 30,900 Myanmar nationals who have sought refuge across Mizoram’s 11 districts, biometric enrolment has been completed for…
Aizawl/Imphal, Jan 23 (IANS) Assam Rifles on Friday seized drugs valued at over Rs 7.28 crore in Mizoram and recovered a large cache of explosive materials in Manipur by arresting two persons in connection with separate operations, officials said. A defence spokesman said that, acting on credible intelligence inputs related to narcotics trafficking, Assam Rifles conducted an operation at Ngur areas in Mizoram’s bordering Champhai district on Friday. During the operation, one person in China ma…
Aizawl/Imphal, Jan 21 (IANS) The Assam Rifles and other law-enforcement agencies have seized drugs valued at over Rs 18.33 crore, recovered a large quantity of Myanmar currency and arrested seven drug peddlers in separate operations in Mizoram and Manipur on Wednesday, officials said. With the latest seizures, the law-enforcement agencies have confiscated various drugs worth more than Rs 57.33 crore and arrested ten drug peddlers in Assam, Mizoram and Manipur during the past 24 hours.A defence s…
Aizawl, Jan 19 (IANS) The Assam Rifles have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 28.17 crore by arresting a drug peddler in Mizoram, officials said on Monday. A defence spokesman said that, acting on credible intelligence inputs related to narcotics trafficking near the India-Myanmar border, Assam Rifles conducted an operation at Ngur areas in the bordering Champhai district on Sunday. During the operation, unusual movement was detected near the suspected location in…
Aizawl, Dec 22 (IANS) Authorities in Mizoram have so far registered the biometric details of around 70 per cent of nearly 30,900 Myanmar nationals who have taken shelter in the state after fleeing their country in different phases following the military coup in February 2021, officials said on Monday. A Home Department official said that of around 30,900 Myanmar nationals who have sought refuge in Mizoram’s 11 districts, biometric enrolment has been completed for 21,330 persons, accounting for…