Aizawl, Oct 9: In a major drug haul, Assam Rifles on Tuesday seized huge quantities of drugs and arrested three drug peddlers in two separate operations in Mizoram’s Champhai district.

According to sources, drug value in international market cost Rs 62 crore.

Acting on a tip-off, the para-military force troops conducted an operation in the Zote area and seized 284.43 grams of heroin worth Rs 1.99 crore. One person was arrested on the spot.

In the second operation at the Melbuk area, the para-military personnel seized over two lakh methamphetamine tablets valued at Rs 60 crore and arrested two drug smugglers.

According to sources three drug peddlers along with the seized drugs, were handed over to the police for taking further legal actions.

The drugs — heroin and methamphetamine tablets — have been smuggled from Myanmar and intended to ferry to other parts of India or abroad through southern Assam.

Mizoram, southern Assam and Tripura have become corridors of drug smuggling as the three northeastern states share borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh.

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