Guwahati, Aug 1: To combat drug smuggling and drug abuse, Assam and Mizoram held meeting on Wednesday to discuss concerted efforts.

The meeting was attended by Mizoram’s Excise and Narcotics Minister Lalnghinglova Hmar and Assam’s Excise Secretary Indreswar Kalita and Excise Commissioner Jitu Doley.

Drug smuggling through borders was one of the important discussion topic during the meeting and both the government’s are comitted to curb the activity.

Hmar said that heroin smuggled into Assam from Myanmar is transported to Mizoram after being reprocessed.

He said that he received reports about a huge consignment of heroin and other drug being smuggled into Assam and drug peddlers roaming freely in the state.

Both sides also discussed collective efforts to combat drug smuggling and drug abuse.

Officers of the Assam government told Hmar that they would look into the matter and discuss it with state Excise Minister Keshab Mahanta, who was supposed to attend the meeting but could not due to some work.

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