Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department seized heroin worth over Rs 7 crore and arrested eight persons in t❀wo separate raids, an official said on Saturday.
Actin꧟g on specific information, officials of the state Excise and Narcotics Department intercepted a vehicle at Selesih village near Aꦯizawl on Saturday and seized 2.6 kg of heroin, the official said.
Seven people, including five from Assam, were arrested for possessing the 𓆉contr🦹aband worth around Rs 7.3 crore, he said.
The vehicle use💜d for transporting the heroin was also seizꦏed from the accused, he said.
In another operation, Excise and Narcotics department officials and volunteers of Central Anti Drugs Squad (CADS) of Central Young Mizo Association (CYMA) seized 56 gm 🥀of heroin worth around Rs 16 lakh from the possession of a woman peddler at Aizawl's Bawngkawn area on Friday.
The official said that the seized heroin was 🎐smuggled from Myanmar.
The eight accused were booked under relevant sections of the Narcotics Drugs & Psychotr🉐opic Substances Act, 1985, he added.
-With PTI Input
