29 gold bars seized

29 gold bars weighing one kg each were recovered from a person who was arrested from Muallungthu, about 17 km from here, a Customs official said today.

The gold bars seized yesterday were worth over Rs 916.80 lakh, Deputy Commissioner of Aizawl Customs Division James Guite said.

One Hualzidinga (55), a resident of Mizoram-Myanmar border town of Champhai was arrested. It was suspected that gold bars were smuggled in from Myanmar.