Heroin seized in Mizoram, 1 held

Officials of the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department seized 52.9 grams of heroin from a woman in Champai district today, department spokesman Peter Zohmingthanga said.

The spokesman said the 37-year-old woman was arrested from Mualkawi village near the Mizoram-Myanmar border for possessing contraband.

The seized contraband is worth Rs two lakh in the local market, he said.

The accused was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.