Massive Heroin Bust in Mizoram: Three Arrested

Three individuals were arrested in Mizoram's Champhai district following the seizure of heroin worth Rs 9.7 crore in three separate operations. The Assam Rifles and state police recovered varying amounts of the drug from different locations. The arrested suspects and the seized contraband have been handed over to the state police for further legal actions.

Three persons were arrested after heroin worth Rs 9.7 crore was seized from their possession in three separate operations in Mizoram's Champhai district, Assam Rifles said in a statement on Saturday. During the operations by Assam Rifles and the state police on May 30 night, heroin weighing 146 grams was recovered from Melbuk village, 22 grams from Zote and 1.2 kilograms in an area on Champhai-Aizawl road, it said.

Three drug peddlers were arrested in the three seizure cases, the statement said.

The seized heroin and the three accused handed over to the state police for further legal proceedings, it added.