Drugs worth Rs 547.62 lakh torched by Excise & Narcotics dept

Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department Wednesday destroyed Rs 547.26 lakh worth of drugs seized by the department as part of the observation of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

The drugs torched by state Excise and Narcoticsdepartment included 6.845 kg of heroin worth around Rs 171.12lakh, 1,49,400 tablets of Methamphetamine worth around Rs373.50 lakh and 79.805 kg of ganja (cannabis) worth Rs 2.39lakh, a press release issued by the department said

The drugs and narcotics destroyed on Wednesday wereseized during the last one year, a senior official of thedepartment said.