Champhai, Mizoram: Police seized 2.907 kg of heroin worth Rs 14.53 crore in Mizoram's Champhai district and arrested a drug peddler.
According to police, while conducting random checking at Kanan Veng in Champhai district, a team of Champhai police station led by Officer-in-Charge Inspector H. Vanlalthanga on Sunday night seized 200 soap cases of heroin weighing 2.907 kg valued over Rs 14.53 crore in international market, from the illegal possession of a person named Laldinpuia of Champhai Dinthar (driver of Maxi Cab no MZ-04-9754).
A case has been registered at Champhai police station u/s 21(c)/25 ND&PS Act for further investigation on forward/ backward linkages.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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