Heroin, gold bar seized in Mizoram

Two persons were arrested for allegedly possessing 56 grams of heroin and 35 gold bars at Mizoram-Myanmar border Champhai district, officials said today.
Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department officials seized heroin worth around Rs 2.24 lakh in the local market at Mualkawi village from the possession of two persons, including a woman, last night, department spokesperson Peter Zohmingthanga said.
The officials, in a joint operation with the personnel of the Customs and Central Excise, also seized 35 bars of gold (5.817 kg) in Champhai last night and arrested one person, Zohmingthanga said.
The gold bars is reportedly worth around Rs 143 lakh in the local market and the seized gold bars were handed over to the Customs and Central Excise, he said.