Aizawl, Oct 19: With the continuation of seizure of drugs smuggled from Myanmar, the Assam Rifles troopers on Tuesday seized 92,550 highly addictive Methamphetamine tablets worth around Rs 31 crores and arrested one person in this connection in Mizoram, officials said.

Since Saturday, the Assam Rifles and Mizoram police personnel have seized foreign cigarettes worth Rs 2.72 crore, drugs worth Rs 34.18 crore and rescued 140 exotic animals and arrested four persons in this connection.

Assam Rifles sources said that the para-military jawans along with Excise and Narcotics Department on Tuesday seized the 92,550 Methamphetamine tablets valued at around Rs 31 crore and arrested one person at Falkland Veng in Aizawl district.

An Assam Rifles statement said that the ongoing smuggling of Methamphetamine tablets and other drugs are a major cause of concern for the state of Mizoram.

The Assam Rifles have been guarding Mizoram’s 510 km unfenced border with Myanmar.