AIZAWL: Excise and narcotics officials seized drugs worth Rs 133.75 lakh and arrested four persons from the outskirts of Pukpui village near Lunglei town on Friday afternoon, the department said.
The officials said the seized contraband consisted of 50,000 tablets (4.915 kg) of Methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth, and 316 grams of heroin.
Of the four persons arrested, three are from Myanmar and one from Hauruang village near Lunglei town.
The drugs were concealed in charcoal bags and being transported in a pickup truck and an autorickshaw, which were also seized by the officials.
The accused were produced before a district court in Lunglei on Saturday, which remanded them in judicial custody for 14 days, the officials said.
The volume of trafficking of narcotic substances and drugs has increased from Myanmar, with which Mizoram shares a 404km-long porous international border, this year, according to the officials.
The officials attributed the increase in such activities to the absence of an efficient civil administration in Myanmar after the military coup on February 1.
The state excise and narcotics department has seized 17 kg and 95 g of heroin along with 6 kg and 930 g of Methamphetamine till November 30 this year.
Last year, the department officials seized 11 kg and 710 g of heroin while the amount of seizure in 2019 was 12 kg and 596 g.
