Heroin valued Rs 30 crore was confiscated from an individual in a village by Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police during a collaborative operation along the India-Myanmar border in Champhai district of Mizoram. The suspect has been apprehended.
The operation was carried out by a combined team of Assam Rifles and Excise and Narcotics Department, Champhai based on specific information.
Soap cases with drugs inside were kept in hidden place made on the roof of the SUV.
Punjab Police has been carrying out several initiatives to make the state drug-free. This year as many as 30 properties worth Rs 12.99 crores were seized by the police in the state.
The seizure was made by the Counter Intelligence Wing, Ferozepur, in two separate operations.
Mizoram Police on August 1 held onto 765 grams of heroin and captured one individual regarding the matter in the Champhai district. The heroin was kept in 62 soap boxes, and it was seized at Khankawn Police Checkgate.
Around 1.3 kg of fine-quality heroin, worth around Rs 2 crore in the international market, was recovered.
The consignment originated in Entebbe, Uganda and arrived at the Delhi Airport via Dubai.
Six packets of heroin were recovered from the possession of the smuggler, identified as Kashi Ali.
The seizure was made in the Ramdas sector, around 300 km away from Chandigarh.
When the recovered substance was subjected to drug detection test, prima facie it appeared to contain heroin.
The heroin, concealed in 14 gunny bags of a rock salt consignment that was coming from Pakistan, was detected on Saturday, an official told the media.
The Customs Department has seized large quantity of suspected heroin concealed inside a truck carrying salt which crossed over to Indian territory from Pakistan through the Integrated Check Post at the Attari-Wagah International Border, officials said on Sunday.
High-grade heroin worth Rs 250 crore seized in Jammu and Kashmir
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