Imphal/Aizawl, Jan 20 || Security forces, in separate operations across Assam, Manipur and Mizoram, have seized heroin worth Rs 4.65 crore and arrested four drug peddlers during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.
A police official in Imphal said that security forces arrested a drug peddler, identified as Hriili Kaihrii (65), from the Phougakchao Ikhai Bazar checkpoint in Bishnupur district. Around 94 grams of heroin, packed in eight soap cases, were recovered from his possession. In another incident, Manipur Police arrested another drug peddler, Mohammad Ajmir Hussain (39), from Tengdongyan in Imphal West district and seized 310 grams of heroin from him. The total value of the drugs seized in Manipur, suspected to have been smuggled from Myanmar, is estimated at Rs 2.26 crore, the official said.
In Assam, acting on specific intelligence inputs, an anti-narcotics operation was conducted at Kachudaram in Cachar district, leading to the recovery of 356 grams of heroin valued at approximately Rs 2 crore. One person, identified as Anwar Hussain, was apprehended, and legal action has been initiated to ascertain both forward and backward linkages, police said.