A 35-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly smuggling 53.500 kilos pf ganja by the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department officials near Mizoram-Manipur-Myanmar border Hnahlan in Champhai district last night.
Official sources said that the accused Lalchhanmawii of Aizawl and her alleged accomplices - Lalremruata (33) and Lalrindika (22) were booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
The contraband was reportedly smuggled from neighbouring Manipur via the interstate border near Vaikhawtlang village.
It was wrapped in 39 polythene bags when the Narcotics staff seized the contraband, the officials said.
