Aizawl, April 23 (IANS) The Mizoram government has intensified efforts to curb the growing drug menace and dismantle trafficking networks in the border state, officials said on Thursday.A Home Department official said the 12th State-Level NCORD (Narco Coordination Centre) meeting was held on Wednesday at the Secretariat Conference Hall in the New Capital Complex. The meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary Khilli Ram Meena, was attended by Director General of Police Sharad Agarwal, senior state gove…
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Aizawl, April 9 (IANS) In a significant operation against the illegal trade of forest resources, the Assam Rifles have seized a consignment of Anchiri (Paris polyphylla), a rare and high-value medicinal plant, worth Rs 36 lakh and arrested three persons in Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district, officials said on Thursday. An Assam Rifles official stated that the consignment of Anchiri (Paris polyphylla), packed in 102 bags, was seized near Zorinpui in Lawngtlai, along the Indo-Myanmar border on Wednesday…
Silchar, April 5 (IANS) In a major anti-narcotics breakthrough, Assam Rifles troops, in coordination with Assam Police, carried out a swift intelligence-based operation in Silchar and seized heroin valued at Rs 2.10 crore, officials said on Saturday.Three drug peddlers, including a woman, were also apprehended in connection with the seizure. Defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat said that during the operation in the Meherpur area of Cachar district, suspicious movement was detected.The suspect…
Silchar, March 31 (IANS) In a major crackdown on narcotics trafficking, the Assam Rifles, in coordination with Cachar district Police in southern Assam, carried out a successful joint operation leading to the seizure of heroin valued at Rs 7 crore, officials said on Tuesday. Two drug peddlers were also arrested.A police official in Cachar district said the operation was launched based on credible intelligence inputs regarding the movement of drugs in the district, which shares inter-state border…
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…
Aizawl, Feb 21 (IANS) Assam Rifles have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 11.85 crore by arresting four drug peddlers, including three Myanmar nationals, in Mizoram, officials said on Saturday. A defence spokesman said that, acting on specific intelligence inputs regarding the movement of banned methamphetamine tablets, Assam Rifles launched an operation on Friday night and established a Mobile Vehicle Check Post (MVCP) at Kakichhuha village in Lawngtlai district….
Agartala, Jan 25 (IANS) The Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), seized a large quantity of highly addictive methamphetamine tablets, valued at over Rs 16 crore, in Tripura and arrested the driver of the vehicle in which they were being carried, officials said on Sunday. A defence spokesman said that the operation was launched late on Saturday night based on specific intelligence inputs regarding drug trafficking activities in Tripura’s Khowai …
Cachar, Jan 21 (IANS) Highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 39 crore were seized, and three drug peddlers were arrested by law enforcement agencies in Assam’s Cachar district, officials said on Wednesday. A defence spokesperson said that the Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), launched the operation based on specific inputs regarding drug trafficking in Cachar district in southern Assam.During the operation, the team apprehe…
Aizawl, Jan 15 (IANS) Assam Rifles troops have seized drugs worth Rs 29.4 crore and arrested a drug peddler in Mizoram, officials said on Thursday.A defence spokesman said that acting on credible Intelligence inputs related to narcotics trafficking, Assam Rifles conducted an operation in the Zemabawk area of Aizawl district on Wednesday afternoon.During the operation, the paramilitary troops intercepted a suspicious vehicle. A swift and thorough search led to the recovery of 9.8 kg of highly add…
Aizawl, Jan 14 (IANS) Police and other law enforcement agencies in Mizoram have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 40 crore and arrested five drug peddlers during the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday.A senior official said that the police and other enforcement agencies in joint operations have seized a large quantity of methamphetamine in two separate operations over the past 24 hours, arresting five persons.In the first operation, the Excise and Narcotic…