A court in Mizoram's Champhai district has sentenced a Myanmarese national to 15-year rigorous imprisonment for smuggling synthetic drug methamphetamine into the country.
Additional Sessions Judge of Champhai district R Vanlalena convicted Lenpu, 28, of Tamu village in Myanmar yesterday and imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on him.
Lenpu will serve an additional one-year imprisonment if he fails to pay the fine, the judge ruled.
He was arrested on January 14, 2017 for possession of methamphetamine.
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