Guwahati, Oct 27: Despite ban on Chinese-origin foreign bikes in Mizoram, the two-wheelers are available in the notheastern state, bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh.

A police official said that these Chinese bikes are being smuggled to Mizoram and other northeastern states through the India-Myanmar borders and being used by the Indians violating the Motor Vehicles Act.

The Mizoram police on Wednesday night during a crackdown impounded 16 foreign bikes from different areas of Siaha district in southern Mizoram.

“Legal actions are being initiated against the foreign bikes owners and users. Our crackdown against the foreign bikes would be intensified in all the 11 districts,” the official said.

On Wednesday, the Assam Rifles seized four Kenbo bikes in the same bordering Siaha district while these two-wheelers were ferrying a large cache of Myanmar bound tactical and war-like stores including a satellite phone.

Four people were arrested and according to the defence sources these tactical and war like stores, which also include five mobile phones,8 sim cards, 105 bullets of point .22 rifles, 35 packets of potassium, 9,000 Airgun pellets, were being smuggled to Myanmar based militant outfits.

Mizoram shares 510 km unfenced borders with Myanmar and 318 km with Bangladesh.