Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department officials seized 172 gram of heroin worth around Rs 7 lakh in two districts and arrested four persons in this connection, a department spokesman said.
In the first case, officials in Champhai district bordering Myanmar seized 56 grams of heroin in Champhai town this morning and arrested two persons for allegedly possessing the contraband.
In the second case, the spokesman said, 116 grams of heroin was seized at Leitan locality in Aizawl last evening and two persons were arrested.
The accused persons were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
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