Police today arrested a person and recovered 15 gm of heroin from his possession near a town along the Indo-Myanmar border in Tengnoupal district.
The drugs were found in the possession of a 56-year-old man during an operation conducted at Prem Nagar locality at Moreh town this morning, SP S Ibomcha said.
The heroin is estimated at Rs 3 lakh in the international market.
The operation was carried out to counter the rising number of drugs-related cross-border smuggling cases, Ibomcha said.
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